Let's talk about Bitcoin's development:
On January 12, 2009, block 170 recorded the first person-to-person Bitcoin transfer: Satoshi Nakamoto sent 10 bitcoins to Hal Finney.
Most Bitcoin protocol upgrades use soft forks: old nodes that haven't upgraded still accept the new blocks, preventing the network from splitting.
$BTC 73580.57(-0.31%)
On January 12, 2009, block 170 recorded the first person-to-person Bitcoin transfer: Satoshi Nakamoto sent 10 bitcoins to Hal Finney.
Most Bitcoin protocol upgrades use soft forks: old nodes that haven't upgraded still accept the new blocks, preventing the network from splitting.
$BTC 73580.57(-0.31%)