🚀 Star Strike Released On December 22, 1981, Star Strike – a shoot 'em up video game developed by Hal Finney – was released by Mattel for its Intellivision video game system. image
ðŸŠĶ Bitcoin Obituary On December 22, 2014, an article titled "Will Bitcoin Survive 2015?" was published on Aol. "Arguably, the most legitimate threat [to Bitcoin] is the company Ripple, which boasts a fast payment system similar to PayPal." 1 BTC = $319.24
🚰 Ledger Leak On December 21, 2020, the Ledger customer database was publicly posted on the online forum RaidForums. Compromised were: - Over 1,000,000 email addresses, - Over 250,000 physical addresses and phone numbers, Numerous reports confirm the authenticity of the database. image
📚 Bitcoin's Eternal Struggle On December 19, 2019, Gigi publishes the article "Bitcoin's Eternal Struggle". image
✊ HODL Day On this day in 2013, a (seemingly) very drunk user on the bitcointalk forum decided to write a message about why he wasn't selling coins despite the price drop.
📚 Shelling Out: The Origins of Money On December 17, 2002, Nick Szabo publishes his phenomenal essay "Shelling Out: The Origins of Money." image
ðŸ‘Ļ‍ðŸ’ŧ Launch of Bitcoin v0.2 On December 17, 2009, Satoshi launches Bitcoin v0.2 with a number of improvements. Satoshi expresses gratitude to Martti Malmi, also known as sirius-m, for his contribution to the development of the project.
📚 What is a Seed Phrase? On December 17, 2021, Steven Hall publishes the article "What is a Seed Phrase?". image
⛏ïļ The First Mining Pool in History Found Its First Block 2010 The first mining pool in history, managed by the company slush, found its first block
🗝ïļ Finney on How Important It Is to Back Up Keys On December 15, 2012, Hal Finney emphasized the importance of backing up private keys.