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January 04, 2012, 03:59:10 AM
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3 years ago bitcoin was born,

1.5 years later mtgox was born

what took them so long... did satosih and his friends mine 3 mill coins b4 letting everyone know about bitcoin?
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January 04, 2012, 04:03:05 AM
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Quote from: adamstgBit on January 04, 2012, 03:59:10 AM
3 years ago bitcoin was born,

1.5 years later mtgox was born

what took them so long... did satosih and his friends mine 3 mill coins b4 letting everyone know about bitcoin?

No. It was immediately announced in a mailing list. Bitcoin was really small back then so it didn't make much sense to start building an exchange right away.
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January 04, 2012, 04:07:54 AM
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Quote from: adamstgBit on January 04, 2012, 03:59:10 AM
3 years ago bitcoin was born,

1.5 years later mtgox was born

what took them so long... did satosih and his friends mine 3 mill coins b4 letting everyone know about bitcoin?

The first year of mining was a slow one, even at difficulty 1.
By Year 1, there were only 1.6M bitcoins.  The other 6.4M bitcoins were mined in years 2 and 3.
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January 04, 2012, 04:13:38 AM
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Quote from: casascius on January 04, 2012, 04:07:54 AM
Quote from: adamstgBit on January 04, 2012, 03:59:10 AM
3 years ago bitcoin was born,

1.5 years later mtgox was born

what took them so long... did satosih and his friends mine 3 mill coins b4 letting everyone know about bitcoin?

The first year of mining was a slow one, even at difficulty 1.
By Year 1, there were only 1.6M bitcoins.  The other 6.4M bitcoins were mined in years 2 and 3.


helpful information, more info / comments on the early days of bitcoin would be cool!
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January 04, 2012, 04:59:46 AM
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The BitCoin pizza is worth about $48,000 now!  Shocked

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January 04, 2012, 05:08:16 AM
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Quote from: RyNinDaCleM on January 04, 2012, 04:59:46 AM
The BitCoin pizza is worth about $48,000 now!  Shocked

 Cheesy

"BitCoin Pizza" sounds like a great business proposal, now that I think about it...
I think that pizza must have been the only one in the world to have become more valuable after it was eaten. Cheesy
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January 04, 2012, 05:14:31 AM
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Quote from: mjcmurfy on January 04, 2012, 05:08:16 AM
Quote from: RyNinDaCleM on January 04, 2012, 04:59:46 AM
The BitCoin pizza is worth about $48,000 now!  Shocked

 Cheesy

"BitCoin Pizza" sounds like a great business proposal, now that I think about it...
I think that pizza must have been the only one in the world to have become more valuable after it was eaten. Cheesy

Lol, Agreed! I had some pizza today that wasn't worth it's weight in poo!  Sad
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