2026-01-04 01:22:15

Bitcoin turns 17 today. Seventeen years since the genesis block was mined, marking nearly two decades of the world's largest cryptocurrency reshaping finance and technology. From a whitepaper idea to a multi-trillion dollar asset class, Bitcoin's journey reflects the evolution of blockchain, institutional adoption, and ongoing debates around decentralization and monetary policy. Here's to the network that started it all—still running, still mining, and still proving why peer-to-peer electronic cash matters.

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DAOplomacy

· 01-07 00:34

seventeen years and we're still debating whether it's actually money or just an elaborate store of value... the path dependency here is non-trivial, arguably

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GasFeeCry

· 01-06 19:42

Still alive after 17 years, this is true vitality...

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RuntimeError

· 01-06 03:57

It's been 17 years, and it's still so resilient. I have to admit.

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tx_or_didn't_happen

· 01-04 01:52

Been running for 17 years, this is true staying power, unlike those pump-and-dump coins that come and go quickly.

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NotFinancialAdvice

· 01-04 01:51

Been running for 17 years, now that's true decentralization.

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MidnightSnapHunter

· 01-04 01:50

Wow, from a piece of paper to trillions in assets, Bitcoin has truly rewritten the entire world.

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CryptoHistoryClass

· 01-04 01:44

seventeen years and we're still having the same arguments about what bitcoin actually *is*. tbh the pattern's identical to 2017... "reshaping finance" they said. well, it did reshape something—mostly people's portfolios lmao

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PretendingToReadDocs

· 01-04 01:43

It's been 17 years, still mining, still transferring, this is true decentralization.

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HashBard

· 01-04 01:24

seventeen years and we're still debating if this is actually money lmao. the irony of a "peer-to-peer electronic cash" that requires $10k hardware setups... *chef's kiss* the narrative arc never gets old though ngl

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