These are 10 facts you should know about Bitcoin.
Bitcoin was created on the 3rd of January 2009.
The inventor of Bitcoin is Satoshi Nakamoto but his real identity is still unknown and these may not be his real name.
No banks control Bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin is been affected by demand and supply.
Lamborghini was the first auto company to accept Bitcoin
Bitcoin is still banned in some countries
Only 21 million Bitcoin can exist.
In 2010, a man bought two pizza with 10,000 bitcoin. 3 years later, 10,000 bitcoin worth millions of dollars.
In 2011, Wikileaks start accepting Bitcoin as donations.
In July 2013, Thailand became the first country to ban Bitcoin.
In 2013, James Howells accidentally threw away a hard drive of 7,500 Bitcoin. When he realized the Bitcoin worth $7.5 million, he start seaching for it but sadly, he never found it.
Satosi Nakamoto
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