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in bitcoin •  6 years ago 

  1. The honey badger is Bitcoin’s unofficial animal mascot
    Honey badgers are renowned for the toughness. The creatures are able to withstand terrible injuries, bee attacks, and bites from poisonous snakes, as described in a famous viral video (bad language warning). This resilient animal seemed like a good fit for Bitcoin, which has survived all kinds of attacks over the years.

  2. The maximum number of bitcoins isn’t really 21 million
    In fact, it’s 20,999,987.4769 or thereabouts. It’s expected that the last bitcoin amount will be mined sometime between the years 2128 and 2140. The number is lower than the frequently-cited figure due to Satoshi’s block reward mechanism, which doesn’t quite reach 21 million, but also due to mining errors which have negated the creation of new coins. It’s possible that future errors will reduce total supply even further.

3.FBI made $48M in 2013 by selling on auction once seized 144,000 bitcoins.

  1. In 2015, in th USA only 802 citizen have filed taxes on bitcoin income.

  2. May 22nd is Bitcoin Pizza Day
    Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts around the world will celebrate later this month with a slice or two of programmer fuel in honour of the first tangible bitcoin transaction. In 2010, when bitcoin was less than a year old, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz paid a fellow Bitcoin Talk user 10,000 BTC to order him two Papa John’s. The value of those pizzas today? Over 17 million dollars!

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