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๐Ÿฅณ Ross Ulbricht's Birthday On March 30, 1984, Ross Ulbricht was born. Ross is the founder of the first open online marketplace that supported bitcoin, Silk Road. This led to Ross being sentenced to over two life sentences for nonviolent offenses. Read more about Ross - his life, Silk Road, imprisonment and pardon๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป Bitcoin v0.6 Arrives Faster sync, QR codes, and wallet backups โ€“ on March 30, 2011, Bitcoin v0.6 made running a node easier than ever. The update cut sync time, added message signing, and shrank transactions with compressed keys.
๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™‚๏ธ Corruption in the Silk Road Case The Bitcoin underworld wasn't just Silk Roadโ€”on March 30, 2015, two DEA agents investigating the case were arrested for stealing bitcoin. One moved $800,000 in BTC to his personal MtGox account; the other extorted funds while secretly working for a crypto exchange. Force has pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin with SilkRoad. He was also accused of secretly working for the CoinMKT exchange, using his DEA authority to remove clients' funds from the exchange and then using a subpoena to payment firm Venmo to try to unfreeze his frozen assets. image
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป Hashcash: A Glimpse Into Bitcoin's Future Before Bitcoin, there was Hashcash. On March 28, 1997, Adam Back introduced the world to a proof-of-work system designed to fight email spam โ€” never knowing it would later form the backbone of Bitcoin mining. Thank you, Adam!
๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ The First Bitcoin Magazine On March-27-2012, Bitcoin's first print magazine, "Coineer - The Bitcoin Magazine", launched in Canadian bookstores, later expanding to the U.S. The quarterly publication covered Bitcoin adoption, businesses, and industry developments. image
๐Ÿฆ˜ DigiCash Debuts in Australia | March 26, 1996 David Chaum's vision of digital cash crossed oceans. On this day, DigiCash officially launched in Australia, bringing cryptographic payments to the land down under โ€” years before Bitcoin would perfect the dream. image
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Britcoin: The UK's First Bitcoin Exchange Paving the way for Bitcoin adoption in the UK, Britcoin launched on March 26, 2011. It allowed users to trade BTC directly for British pounds โ€” back when Bitcoin was still a niche experiment. image
๐Ÿ“š "Bitcoin and Me" On March 19, 2013 Hal Finney publishes a post "Bitcoin and Me" that reflects on his role in Bitcoin's early days, from mining his first blocks to his correspondence with Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite his battle with ALS, he continued contributing to Bitcoin's development. His story highlights both his technical legacy and personal perseverance in the face of illness. image
๐Ÿšฆ FinCEN Releases First Bitcoin Businesses Guidelines On March 18, 2013, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released guidelines for the first time, suggesting that some participants in the Bitcoin economy should be classified as Money Services Businesses. Such enterprises, providing money services (MSB), must register with the federal government, obtain the appropriate license, collect information about their clients, and take measures to combat money laundering by their clients. This marked the beginning of harmful KYC and AML policies in the crypto space. image
๐Ÿ’ฌ Eric Hughes: "Code Is Not Enough" On March 14, 1996, the author of the "Cypherpunk Manifesto" and the famous phrase "cypherpunks write code," Eric Hughes, comes to the conviction and shares his own opinion that code alone is not enough: "Perhaps the single most important lesson I've learned from cypherpunks is that code alone doesn't cut it. Not code alone, not code widely distributed, not even code widely used. Some measure of toleration in society for activities conducted in private is necessary for long term success. Not convenient, not easier, but necessary." image
๐Ÿชฆ Bitcoin Obituary On March 11, 2014, Fortune magazine published an article titled "The Real Reason Bitcoin is Doomed." "The biggest obstacle to Bitcoin's success has always been getting the blessing from the very governments that many of its supporters consider enemies." image
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