10 bitcoin facts: 10 Astonishing Bitcoin Facts
1. 50 Bitcois was First Mining Reward: Bitcoin.org official Bitcoin domain was registered on 4th of January 2008. On 3 January 2009, first Bitcoin Genesis Block number 0 was mined who got 50 bitcoins as mining reward.
2. 90% Bitcoins Mined: Out of a total limited 21 million Bitcoins supply, more than 90% of BTC has been mined and only less than 10% left for mining.
3. If you would have invested only $100 in Bitcoins in 2010, you would get 250 BTC. Now those would be worth $46,00,000.
4. Bitcoin is legal in El Salvador. Also, Japan’s Payment Services Act approves Cryptocurrencies as payment methods.
5. Last Bitcoin is supposed to be mined in the year 2140. But interestingly because of the bit-shift operators, it will never reach the 21 million number.
6. More than 100K early Bitcoin investors became millionaires and now living the most luxurious lives.
7. Nobody Knows Who Created Bitcoin: Famous name behind Bitcoin is Satoshi Nakamoto. But some say it is only a fictitious name for the team who invented BTC.
8. May 22nd is celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day. Actually, on May 22 2010, a guy named Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas. Now valued at $184 millions.
9. India charges hueg 30% taxes on Bitcoin investment.
10. More than 20% Bitcoins are lost forever due to lost/stolen recovery seeds which cannot be recovered, as of now.
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