8 years ago today, Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for 2 pizzas.๐ Today, you can throw an office pizza party for 10,000 bits. ($80) That's over 1,000,000x increase in 8 years! Thanks Laszlo for your sacrifice, which helped kickstart Bitcoin adoption worldwide. ๐ #BitcoinPizzaDay
Impressive research by @shaneshifflett and @coulterjones on ICO scams. They analyzed 1,450 ICOs and white papers, and found 271 that had plagiarized white paper sections, faked execs, or guaranteed returns. Those 271 projects raised more than $1 billion.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey - โthe internet deserves a native currencyโ and he thinks it could be Bitcoin.
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#cryptocurrency#bitcoin#blockchain#twitter
It's strange to see people claiming that Bitcoin and Litecoin are dead because the price is so low at $8000 and $140 respectively. A year ago, the price was around $1800 and $30. Back then, people would have killed for today's prices! ๐ค
Barclays Bank boss Jes Staley has been fined ยฃ642,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority in whistleblower scandal.
His annual salary is millions more and he keeps his job.
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#barclays#bank#fine#jesstaley#fca#regulation#ceo#boss
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency haters say itโs just a bubble and will never last.
Meanwhile, crypto exchange Binance is now more profitable than Germanyโs biggest bank Deutsche Bank.
#Bitcoin#Crypto#Banks
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The legendary Dwayne Douglas Johnson - AKA: @TheRock The Peopleโs Champ and the most electrifying man in sports entertainment, is estimated to be worth between $190 Million and $220 Million.
Who agrees he deserves it all?
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Warren Buffet: Bitcoin is like "rat poison squared"
Charlie Munger: Bitcoin nearly as bad as "trading harvested baby brains"
Wow, I can't imagine worse ways to describe Bitcoin! Sounds like some people are scared of Bitcoin. Bitcoin honey badger doesn't care though! ๐
EOS hype - but what is it?
@EOS_io is a blockchain platform, similar to Ethereum, designed for the development of DAPPS by providing the necessary operating system.
It hopes to streamline key features of smart contract technology under one dynamic platform.
#EOS#blockchain