On this day in history, 9 years ago, the Bitcoin symbol (₿) was officially added to Unicode library.
This important moment established bitcoin as a currency symbol alongside the US Dollar ($), Euro (€), and others. Anyone can send a (₿) through text messages and posts.
Bitcoin is the best money because it gives individuals, companies, and nations the same system properties: open-source, 24/7, global, permissionless settlement with a supply anyone can audit.
These people don't appear on any published rich list.
The shadows and gutters of global finance are filled with anonymous billionaires, heirs, and villains.
And we don't have a clue.
Everyone talks about the guy who paid 10,000 bitcoin for two pizzas, but no one talks about the guy who received the 10,000 bitcoin.
Meet Jeremy Sturdivant, the man who got paid 10,000 BTC for selling two pizzas on this day in 2010.
“I had no idea how huge it would become” ✨
Stablecoins are a useful technology, but they’re not permissionless. The issuer can freeze your wallet at any time.
Stablecoins can debank you.
Only Bitcoin can not debank you.