The world's first and oldest Bitcoin mining pool has mined nearly 1.3 million BTC since inception
All things have their humble beginnings; in 2010, the first Bitcoin (BTC) mining project was created in Prague, Czechia, and was simply called Bitcoin.cz. Soon afterward, founder Mark “Slush” Palatinus decided to move on to other ventures, such as creating the world’s first cryptocurrency hard wallet, Trezor. As a result, Braiins, a company doing embedded […]
Only 10% of the Bitcoin supply left to mine
Total circulating Bitcoin (BTC) hit a significant milestone on Monday morning, one and a half years after the last Bitcoin halving, as 90% of the maximum total supply has been mined. Current data from Blockchain.com shows Bitcoin in circulation hit 18.899 million as of Monday, meaning only 10% of the total supply is left to […]
Early Bitcoin dev misses out on $1.3B after selling too soon
“I’d be a billionaire now if I hadn’t sold the 55,000 bitcoins I mined on my laptop in 2009-2010 way too early.”