10 unbelievable facts about BitCoin
Hello! I want to share you 10 facts about BitCoin which I found from Estonian facebook page krüptouudised.ee
1.BitCoin was made in 2009 by group named Satoshi Nakamoto. It is alias and nobody knows who really is behind the BitCoin.
2.During the first 5 years, the BitCoin value ranged from $ 0 to $ 1,000.
3 Mining can be maximized to 21 000 000 BitCoins. Today there is mined ca. 16 800 000 BitCoins. Mining BitCoins is getting harder and harder so the maximum amount can not be reached soon.
4.James Houels inadvertently threw away his hard drive, with his BitCoin wallet key which was about 7,500 BitCoin. Currently, the 7,500 BitCoin is worth about € 84,245,550.
5.In 2009 Christopher Koch from Norway BitCoine bought BitCoins worth $ 27 and forgot about it. When he remembered this many years later, his BitCoin value was $ 886,000.
6.Thai was the first country who banned BitCoin (later got unbanned).
7.The first big successful achieved BitCoin in Silk Road, where you could buy drugs and weapons anonymously.
8.The 40% of the all BitCoins are about in 1000 people's hands.
9.Lamborghini was the first automotive industry to accept BitCoins.
10.The pizza that was purchased in 2010 for Bitcoins would now be worth around EUR 112,000,000.
I'm glad if you read them, get some new and cool infromation and leave a comment!
Thanks!