The Story of Bitcoin 👇
In 2008, the global financial system cracked. Banks collapsed, gov. printed endlessly, and everyday people paid the price. In that chaos, someone using the name Satoshi Nakamoto published a short paper proposing something radical: money that didn’t need banks, governments, or trust in institutions.
In January 2009, $BTC went live.
No price. No exchanges. No hype.
Early users could mine thousands of BTC on basic computers. They were worth nothing — just an experiment.
By 2010, Bitcoin had a price: $0.01.
With $100, you could buy 10,000 BTC.
Most people ignored it. One person spent 10,000 BTC on two pizzas.
In 2011, Bitcoin hit $1.
$100 bought 100 $BTC .
It had already been declared dead — more than once.
By 2013, Bitcoin crossed $100.
$100 no longer bought a full coin.
Attention arrived. So did doubt.
In 2014, Mt. Gox collapsed.
Bitcoin fell to around $300.
$100 bought 0.3 BTC.
Many quit. Bitcoin didn’t.
By 2016, after its second halving, Bitcoin traded near $1,000.
$100 bought 0.1 BTC.
Quiet years. Builders stayed.
In 2017, Bitcoin went mainstream, peaking near $19,000.
$100 bought 0.005 BTC.
Millions arrived — mostly at the top.
In 2018, Bitcoin crashed to $3,700.
$100 bought 0.027 BTC.
Headlines said it was over. It wasn’t.
In 2020, trillions were printed worldwide.
After its third halving, BTC climbed toward $30K. Institutions began paying attention.
In 2021, Bitcoin hit $69,000.
What started as an experiment became a global asset.
In 2022, leverage collapsed and exchanges failed. Bitcoin fell to $16K.
The system around Bitcoin broke — Bitcoin itself didn’t.
By 2024, ETFs were approved.
Bitcoin returned near $70K, but with far fewer coins left to mine.
In 2025, Bitcoin crossed $100,000.
$100 now buys about 0.001 BTC.
What once bought thousands of coins now buys a fraction of one.
Bitcoin has no CEO.
No headquarters.
No owner.
It has survived crashes, bans, bubbles, & disbelief.
The price changed every year.
The rules never did.
Bitcoin is still running.
