bitcoin
Behold the Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency; whether you're a skeptic or a bitcoin believer, get the lowdown on this controversial coin.
On which you've staked your life
“If I can imagine a thing, does it exist?” The slim, well-kept man gazed out the window as the words slipped from his mouth like syrup. His fingers rested intertwined on the dark chestnut desk, illuminated by a sole antique lamp.
By Paul Granger5 years ago in The Chain
Satoshi and Banksy
I know. I know. You're thinking a programmer (or a group of programmers) can't possibly be an artist (or a group of artists). I'm here to tell you that coding is art, and when you get good enough at it, it is easily distinguishable from others. People who code are not machines, which means they have ticks, unique styles and idiosyncrasies. We all know the same can be said about artists. I've seen a lot of hubbaloo and documentaries about how to spot the differences between a real Banksy and suspected forgeries. This is because people have original ways of arriving at solutions, be it art, or code.
By Sandra Pavleska5 years ago in The Chain
The Five Labors of Satoshi Nakamoto
“Rise Satoshi. You who have conquered space. You who have conquered time. You who have defeated darkness. You who have tasted death. You now have an audience with your Celestial Father, Keeper of Cosmic Accounts, the Writer of every Golden Rule, Grantor of Wealth in Every Golden Age, His Eminence and Grace– the Once and Future King, His Majesty, the Almighty Jade Emperor. Arise head bowed and only raise your eyes to gaze upon the Divine Light of his Resplendence.”
By James Power5 years ago in The Chain
The Irony of Fate
Satoshi Nakamoto The irony was thick. In Japanese, the words mean “central intelligence,” but the goal of the project would decentralize and confound some of the most “intelligent” minds in the world. It was a fast agreement when somebody suggested the name. We were working in tech, and racial profiling was alive and well. Nobody will question the validity of tech developed by an Asian. To be fair, we had an asian in the group, although he wasn’t Japanese. Malaysian, more precisely, but again, for those of you who think we’ve got this race thing figured out these days, you’d be wrong. The rest of the team was as random as they come. White guy from back east, and Indian from Great Britain, a valley girl from up the road and some dude that crawled out his mom’s basement in Indiana to write world-changing code. Our names aren’t important. We know what we’ve done.
By Liv Stecker5 years ago in The Chain
The Mystery Of Bitcoin
The Mystery of Bitcoin By Roberto Alago Cryptocurrency is here to stay. Of the many available Today, Bitcoin is globally accepted as the first. Over the years, I have heard and read a lot of mistaken information about its origins. Usually, they go something like this: Bitcoin was invented in 2008 by someone known as Satoshi Nakamoto, blah, blah, blah...
By Roberto Alago5 years ago in The Chain
The discovery of BITCOIN!
It's a sunny day in the ghetto, grandma is cooking dinner, mom is feeding my little sister, and I'm just looking outside the window daydreaming of a better life. But it's just a dream. It's impossible to make it out of the ghetto when you have no money; can't even afford an education. It almost seems like someone wants the people in the ghetto to stay naive. The only way to make some decent money around here is by selling narcotics or trafficking guns. And I don't know if I want to be part of that. I know for a fact, mom and grandma would never forgive me for something like that. So, I rather keep out of trouble, I've got enough problems in my life to be looking for more. I'm a simple kid.
By The Home Vlog5 years ago in The Chain
Chip Off The 'Ole Blockchain
Prodigy programmer Satoshi Nakamoto came from a low-class demanding, foreign, problematic family with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Even as a child he continues impressing the closest people around him as he grows to be a determined genius with the right motive and intelligence level to solve any technical issue he has ever come across. Through the roof IQ. As early adulthood approached his quiet and polite mumble-prone personality, shut him out of any relationships, or even friendships for that matter. When most people his age, were partying, he bottled himself in a cave-like room in the bottom of his parents' house he called it the dungeon, and slave studied multiple levels of programming and mastered each category until he could write code in every known possible computer language. The possibilities for him were endless, his success seemed inevitable. Like an underground ghost genius from a family where it was up to the oldest son to break the chain of failure, and his parents took that wholeheartedly. With the pressure of multiple generations of failure, can he turn a piece of coal into a diamond?
By Michael Joyner5 years ago in The Chain
