Bitcoin turns 18 today

[Audrey Simmons]

It's beautiful to see how well bitcoin has grown over time, and its existence is the true definition of persistence and trust in the real sense. Bitcoin has grown immensely over the years, starting from a couple of cents to hundreds of thousands currently, that's an experience that 90% of people during its creation would never have expected.

How much more can becone bitcoin in the next 18 years?

[HustleZ]

Its 18 year old and 8 days now, in these 8 days BTC had risen from $77k to $81k and then reaching a low of $74.7k. This shows that alot of buying and selling is going on which tells us that it is being bought and sold, meaning there are more and more selling and buying pressure as there is an increase of total ~$8k which occured in years at starting of BTC. So 50 years from now it will move $100000 is 8-10 days. Bitcoin is on a bull and it will reach this stage sooner or later

[Oshio-man]

Congratulation to bitcoin, many thoughts bitcoin will not near this 18 year before it will scam people that will invest their funds but it has increased to reach this current price that is making many people to celebrate this 18 years in the market, looking at the years bitcoin has spend in the market show that there is a strong team behind bitcoin because many altcoins have display and disappear from the market but bitcoin displayed and still displaying to gather more people that will show interest on bitcoin than any other cryptocurrencies.

[Queentoshi]

How have these 18 years of Bitcoin's existence been for you?

18 years already, wow, the years really roll in fast. I consider myself to still be a very new investor in bitcoins, but I think for the 18-year period Bitcoin has done really well to still be relevant amidst the criticism and all the bad things that have affected it. This long survival of bitcoin gives more hope that bitcoin can do more numbers in the years to come. For critics who said and preached that bitcoin will not survive long when it started, they will be very disappointed in the growth and survivability that bitcoin has shown.

[Lexandroove]

It was exactly 18 years ago that the White Paper was published:
https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-October/014810.html

It all started with an exchange of emails, and today we have one of the most valuable assets in the world.

I think nobody who received that email 18 years ago would have expected Bitcoin to be what it is today.

Congratulations Bitcoin!


How have these 18 years of Bitcoin's existence been for you?

What a ride it has been!

What began as an idea for peer-to-peer electronic cash has grown into a global monetary network and an asset attracting individuals, institutions, and even governments.

The journey has faced its share of challenges, though, but still, its resilience and continued development are what make its story remarkable.
                                             
Cheers to an even more interesting 18 years ahead!

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Its 18 year old and 8 days now, in these 8 days BTC had risen from. So 50 years from now it will move $100000 is 8-10 days. Bitcoin is on a bull and it will reach this stage sooner or later

I see the hopes (dreams) and that's not an impossible one because if Bitcoin is trading above $500k to $1M then a  10%  increase in that amount of days should be giving us a close value to what you're saying or an exact scenario. The dreams are high but not impossible Considering what Bitcoin had achieved already and with more years of existing, the sky is just the starting point.

There's definitely going to be days in the future when the make moves up or down in price of the same amount it took us years to achieve and celebrated them as ATH. But again I believe when the price gets that high, we might begin seeing less of that amount of volatility in the market and we mightn't see this change of price happen too frequently as they're happening now.

While it'll be fun to see the market experiencing such volatility, with the king of maketcap Bitcoin will be having it doesn't make sense for the price to be changing that much in percentage in such timeframe.

[Bigjoe33]

I wish I knew about this so early. I wish I had been an investor 10 years ago or even below.  Some of us have missed a lot from Bitcoin. So sad. I owe it to my late knowledge about Bitcoin, yea. I probably got to know about Bitcoin when I joined the forum just two years ago.
It just keeps ringing in my head, looking at the chart that was presented previously, Bitcoin was at about $3 by 2011, and just in the space of 15 years, see where we are. If not for the volatility, we even passed that, crushing an ATH of $126k sometime last year.

I am more than convinced, it's a store of value. For me, it's better later than never. I know we still have enough days in Bitcoin to invest. What am doing is simple. Buying and HODLing.

[Tetu100]

I know i wasn't privileged enough to experience or know about bitcoin from it earlier stage but somehow through a friend of mine about some years back, I was able to know this great asset called bitcoin. My encounter with it has been an amazing journey all the way. I know I may have known about it not that long but regardless, I have learn a lot from it.

Bitcoin innovation has thought me the power and the important of privacy. Through bitcoin, I realized how convenient financial transactions can be. However, there is just a whole lot I've learned from this great innovation.

Thankgod for an asset like bitcoin, happy more years ahead.

[joker_josue]

Its 18 year old and 8 days now, in these 8 days BTC had risen from. So 50 years from now it will move $100000 is 8-10 days. Bitcoin is on a bull and it will reach this stage sooner or later

I see the hopes (dreams) and that's not an impossible one because if Bitcoin is trading above $500k to $1M then a  10%  increase in that amount of days should be giving us a close value to what you're saying or an exact scenario. The dreams are high but not impossible Considering what Bitcoin had achieved already and with more years of existing, the sky is just the starting point.

There's definitely going to be days in the future when the make moves up or down in price of the same amount it took us years to achieve and celebrated them as ATH. But again I believe when the price gets that high, we might begin seeing less of that amount of volatility in the market and we mightn't see this change of price happen too frequently as they're happening now.

While it'll be fun to see the market experiencing such volatility, with the king of maketcap Bitcoin will be having it doesn't make sense for the price to be changing that much in percentage in such timeframe.

The higher the value of Bitcoin, the greater the rise/fall in value will be.

When BTC hits $500k, if it depreciates by 5%, we're talking about a drop of $25k immediately. So, if we double the values, everything has a greater impact.

The question isn't whether it will lose $100k in value one day or not. The question is whether, over time, the price fluctuations will become less drastic.

So far, things have been more or less brutal. We'll wait and see if it continues like this over the next 18 years...

[Compromise me]

Even though, I am late to the party, I still have enough from Bitcoin in the last few years because just because of this change in life, which was never possible without Bitcoin, financial freedom and enough stability recently increased, I have a big profit. I am trying to keep this for a long time because its nature and potential give me enough encouragement for a good future. After having enough changes and good profit, now my personal community also has a good number of my friends who are having investments and good profit because they still have enough to go beyond expectations. There are enough arguments about its volatility and potential, which is good because things like these always need to have good updates for newbies with this knowledge, knowledge which will be increased, and they will also be able to understand many more features which are going to be of good use.

[ruykeri]

Its 18 year old and 8 days now, in these 8 days BTC had risen from $77k to $81k and then reaching a low of $74.7k. This shows that alot of buying and selling is going on which tells us that it is being bought and sold, meaning there are more and more selling and buying pressure as there is an increase of total ~$8k which occured in years at starting of BTC. So 50 years from now it will move $100000 is 8-10 days. Bitcoin is on a bull and it will reach this stage sooner or later

The volatility of this bitcoin price is the most popular and interesting feature. Another things is this asset has been constantly strengthening its position for so many years. As the price of bitcoin has increased over time so has the popularity of bitcoin. And it is still not possible to accurately predict how the volatility of bitcoin price and price will be in the future. However we ourselves imagine many things like what you have hypothetically presented. However it is true that bitcoin has interested us as much as it has in just 18 years, maybe bitcoin will surprise more people in the future. Because bitcoin is constantly adapting to the needs of people over time despite having fixed rules. In fact people are basically adopting all these features of bitcoin by choosing them. As a result, individual and institutional acceptance around the world is increasing day by day. And even after 18 years, we are still in the early stage of bitcoin. So we should take advantage of this time by holding bitcoin. Because we may not be able to buy bitcoin at this price after the next few years. So if we have the ability we should hold bitcoin with a long term mindset.

[MisFoxie]

For me, Bitcoin was the only way through which I was able to earn money even during my student life without having to do a part time job. Student life was a very difficult time for me, and it was because of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency that I was able to get through that difficult time without much trouble.

At first after listening to someone, I used to think Bitcoin was something that only criminals used. But when I learned about it properly, I felt so stupid for thinking that way. Now I think about how stupid people are, how can they keep their funds in banks when they can hold Bitcoin?

[stepwilli]

How have these 18 years of Bitcoin's existence been for you?

Pretty good, I would say. I'm sure most of us who are present here today have only been a part of the latter part of the journey, but those of us who used the years they have been around and have known Bitcoin and cryptocurrency for positively must have seen good and positive changes in their lives. Those who came to know about Bitcoin very early and got interested instead of thinking negatively about it since the world wasn't really in favour of it initially, with mainstream media and governments trying their best to push it away because they used to see it as a threat to the traditional financial systems, those people must be really happy today.

Bitcoin has come a long way in these 18 years, but the journey has just begun, because for the initial few years, or we can say about a decade or so, was just about Bitcoin and its enthusiasts against the world, there were no institutions involved, no big names, just Bitcoin and its lovers and supporters, but now, things have changed, institutions are involved, even governments are now left with no choice but to accept Bitcoin and allow its people to use it as well instead of putting any restrictions on it.

Hopefully, in the next 18 years, the adoption will have reached an enormous level, and we might be able to use cryptocurrencies almost everywhere just like how we can use cards everywhere in the world right now, but I'm not talking about crypto cards, I'm talking about making payments directly from our wallets.

[moneystery]

At 18 years old, Bitcoin isn't just a digital currency used by a handful of people anymore; now it's been adopted by more people globally and has become one of the competitive digital assets in the market. That's not an easy feat, after facing a lot of rejection and criticism from many sides, Bitcoin got through it and has survived to this day.
Bitcoin continues to prove that it's a digital currency, a store of value, or whatever its adopters consider it to be, that it doesn't change and can't be interfered with by anyone, now and in the future. Hopefully, going forward, it will continue to gain recognition from more people and make them aware that Bitcoin is a digital asset that can give them the freedom to manage their wealth.

[Alphakilo]

At 18 years old, Bitcoin isn't just a digital currency used by a handful of people anymore; now it's been adopted by more people globally and has become one of the competitive digital assets in the market. That's not an easy feat, after facing a lot of rejection and criticism from many sides, Bitcoin got through it and has survived to this day.
Bitcoin continues to prove that it's a digital currency, a store of value, or whatever its adopters consider it to be, that it doesn't change and can't be interfered with by anyone, now and in the future. Hopefully, going forward, it will continue to gain recognition from more people and make them aware that Bitcoin is a digital asset that can give them the freedom to manage their wealth.

What intrigued me most about this 18years anniversary of Bitcoin existence is the almost near stability it has gained, in the sense that volatilities like wallet hacks and huge scams and major news headlines don't seem to affect the market as much as it does in the past when almost any news created FUD.

Another thing about this anniversary is it's evolution and adoption to meet global monetary economic demand while still maintaining decentralized nature and being a core part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem above all else.
It's strides so far has been remarkable and continues to be a progressive currency of value.

[Woodie]

18 years already, damn they grow up so fast and soon will nolonger be a teenager, time is really flying..

Looking back, can't even recognise Bitcoin anymore because so much has changed!

Imagine having to go through faucet's to convince people to be hooked to Bitcoin because you promising them that it will bring about financial freedom and all the good stuff but few bought into this idea.. and today still holding up, Bitcoin does wear many faces as it's been a currency saver for failed economies, it's been a store of value in the absence of traditional banks or simply a medium of exchange your choice...

Happy belated bday BTC 🎁🎂.

[GbitG]

Well, that's amazing journey of Bitcoin like we all have to be proudly say that we are a people who have been there and getting benefits form those assets which are started form email to Global financial freedom like it's been an honor for all of us that we ppl are affiliating with those invention which has been consistently evaluate in world where all financial system was against it but still it's there to give a people a financial freedom.....

However I am not entirely engaged with it like I haven't spend 18 years but still it's honor for to there to represent the system which can give us a real financial freedom.

Happy anniversary Bitcoin..... 

[Myleschetty]

Its 18 year old and 8 days now, in these 8 days BTC had risen from. So 50 years from now it will move $100000 is 8-10 days. Bitcoin is on a bull and it will reach this stage sooner or later

I see the hopes (dreams) and that's not an impossible one because if Bitcoin is trading above $500k to $1M then a  10%  increase in that amount of days should be giving us a close value to what you're saying or an exact scenario. The dreams are high but not impossible Considering what Bitcoin had achieved already and with more years of existing, the sky is just the starting point.

There's definitely going to be days in the future when the make moves up or down in price of the same amount it took us years to achieve and celebrated them as ATH. But again I believe when the price gets that high, we might begin seeing less of that amount of volatility in the market and we mightn't see this change of price happen too frequently as they're happening now.

While it'll be fun to see the market experiencing such volatility, with the king of maketcap Bitcoin will be having it doesn't make sense for the price to be changing that much in percentage in such timeframe.

The higher the value of Bitcoin, the greater the rise/fall in value will be.

When BTC hits $500k, if it depreciates by 5%, we're talking about a drop of $25k immediately. So, if we double the values, everything has a greater impact.

The question isn't whether it will lose $100k in value one day or not. The question is whether, over time, the price fluctuations will become less drastic.

So far, things have been more or less brutal. We'll wait and see if it continues like this over the next 18 years...

I agree with your point.
By examining Bitcoin's historical prices, we can observe that BTC experienced 80-90% dump in the early years, while later cycles have seen price reductions around 70-75%.
I expect the cycles trend to continue for another 18 years due to the increased institutional ownership, more mature derivatives markets,  higher liquidity, and more, all of which will reduce future market volatility percentages.
Regardless of the outcome, we'll just have to wait and see what happens over the next 18 years as BTC has a reputation for surprising people.

[Jostern]

I must admit, I regret not getting into bitcoin earlier than I did, I feel I started investing in bitcoin at a very late time for myself, when bitcoin was lunched I was busy chasing education and degrees, and I absolutely doesn’t know anything about bitcoin, anyways I’m still glad that I started investing in bitcoin, and I have stacked some bitcoin, bitcoin have been a huge revelation to me, bitcoin have been a massive asset that most people wasn’t expecting bitcoin to get to this level, so much have happened with the growth of bitcoin and it have been a huge growth for bitcoin, however we should still expect more growth from Bitcoin.

Happy Anniversary to Bitcoin 🎂

[Italian Panic]

It’s a shame we weren’t there at the time but arrived few later. It was a pioneering era for electronic cash whether it began as a bit for fun or was taken seriously, it’s hard to say with the benefit of hindsight. Perhaps they wanted to challenge the economic situation of the time, I still remember the widespread mistrust of the banking system that led to the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent financial crisis. We came out of it worse off than before, but with an additional protocol that is a true mathematical miracle. Thank you Sat.