13 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of Bitcoin, obtaining a profit of 50 BTC, to date almost 2.5 million dollars, but at the time its economic value was 0, although the symbolic one goes far beyond the current market value. But perhaps not even Satoshi Nakamoto expected a success like the one today, although he had the hope that Bitcoin could be far beyond a simple algorithm born perhaps for fun or experiment.
Who knows if Satoshi Nakamoto will be celebrating Bitcoin's birthday today, to this day his identity is still hidden and this is good for him and for the community. Bitcoin was created to break down the obstacles of the powerful and allow anyone to be able to manage their capital with a simple wallet and an internet connection, the minimal tools to be able to send cryptocurrencies.
2021 was an exceptional year for Bitcoin and even if PlanB's S2F model was not confirmed and BTC did not exceed the $ 100k mark, the growth rate was nonetheless exponential, thanks to a larger participation of private and institutional investors. 2022 will be a year of further confirmation or possible rises if inflation values worsen, as evidenced by the data on the increase in energy and commodity prices.
At this point, more and more capital could flow into the crypto world and DeFi, to obtain a lower risk and continue to accumulate profits simply by depositing capital in one of the many active platforms. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin mining hasrate continues to grow and yesterday 2 January reached a new ATH reaching 207.53 million TH / s, a value that indicates an extreme degree of network security and therefore reliability against possible attacks. hackers.
The hasrate is also an indicative value of the state of health not only of the security of the network but also of the high attention paid to cryptocurrency. A high hasrate indicates that more and more miners are joining the network, a growing interest that is currently deviating from the value of the market which is experiencing a fairly stable trend at the moment.
Happy birthday Bitcoin