๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป? Tomorrow the Chinese New Year begins, and we will exit the year of the ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜, and enter the year of the ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป. Whether or not you take the Chinese zodiac seriously, it can be fun to learn the different elements and animals of each year, and what they symbolize. Here is a glimpse of #Bitcoin through this lens๐Ÿ‘‡ image Bitcoin was both proposed and born in the year of the ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜, which embodies the Rat's ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด and ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, and the Earthโ€™s ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ and ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. Bitcoin perfectly demonstrates the Earth Rat's characteristics of innovation, practical application, and the foresight to solve the problem of trust in the digital age. Bitcoin's origins in the Earth Rat year emphasizes its quiet strength and potential for growth. ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ, ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜: โ€œSatoshiโ€ can be translated to mean โ€œ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎโ€ or โ€œ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆโ€, which are both qualities of the Rat. โ€œNakamotoโ€ can be translated to mean โ€œ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€ or "๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ", which both describe the groundedness of the Earth element. ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿ€ Truly, Bitcoin is characterized by the qualities that those born in the year of the Earth Rat are said to have! ๐Ÿคฏ Tomorrow, however, begins the year of the ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป. This could signify ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป. Dragons symbolize ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ and ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ, and wood infuses these qualities with ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ and ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ. This combination hints at an exciting year for Bitcoin, especially with the anticipated halving event. The halving is a significant event in Bitcoin, as ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ. It increases bitcoinโ€™s scarcity by changing the issuance of new coins from about ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† to about ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†. This decrease of new supply causes prices to rise, and drives more value and innovation to the Bitcoin network. This beautifully reflects the Wood Dragon's blend of ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ with ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐Ÿชต๐Ÿ‰ As Bitcoin enters the year of the Wood Dragon, its journey showcases the enduring qualities of its birth in the year of the Earth Rat. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, embodying the best traits of these powerful zodiac symbols. image Remember to give this a ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐Ÿค™, and celebrate the Chinese New Year by ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐Ÿ”„ this and ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐Ÿ”– it for later (๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ! ๐Ÿ˜‰). What do you think about the Chinese New Year and its zodiac? Tell me in the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€โฌ‡๏ธ
๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป? If youโ€™re new to #Bitcoin, youโ€™ve likely heard of โ€œ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€, though you may not know what it is or how it works. And if youโ€™ve come across the term โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€, then you may be even more confused. Letโ€™s sort this out๐Ÿ‘‡ image The prevalent term for Bitcoinโ€™s distributed ledger is โ€œ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€, yet the original name that Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, gave it was โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป, highlighting its progression through time as a one-way, irreversible system. A blockchain/timechain is not an especially disruptive technology or a โ€œsecret sauceโ€ that somehow makes a system decentralized. In reality, ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, which agree on each update whenever itโ€™s time for a new โ€œpageโ€, or block, to be added to the ledger. "Blockchain" has become a generic descriptor for various projects with distributed ledgers, though it's essential to recognize that ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, such as proof-of-work and decentralization. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ "๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ" ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต. So while โ€œ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€ might dominate the discourse today, โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€ more accurately captures the essence and originality of Bitcoin, stressing the importance of its chronological, ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ that distinguish it from all other cryptocurrencies. image Was this helpful? Give it a ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐Ÿค™ Think this might help someone else? ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ”„ it with others. ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐Ÿ”– this so you can reference it later. Which term do ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ prefer, โ€œblockchainโ€ or โ€œtimechainโ€? Let me know in the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€โฌ‡๏ธ