Bitcoin's 10th Birthday and the Power of Decentralization
Ten years ago from today, Satoshi Nakamoto's vision for a scarce digital asset—bitcoin—became a reality. With it came the power the circumvent the regulations and roadblocks used by governments and banks to keep people from truly owning their money. As Erik Voorhees put it, the birth of bitcoin started “a Cambrian explosion in financial technology that is unstoppable." Today I wanted to take time to celebrate the financial autonomy bitcoin and decentralization has brought us!