Bitcointalk

Bitcointalk
Type of site
 Forum
Available in Multilingual, primarily English
Website Welcome post by Satoshi
Alexa rank Increase 900 (Global, January 2018)[1]
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Launched 2009[2]

Bitcointalk is a forum about bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies. It has been described as popular.[3]

History

Satoshi Nakamoto created the bitcointalk forum, posted the first message in 2009 under the pseudonym satoshi.[2] The commonly used cryptotrader notion to "Hodl" originated from a 2013 bitcointalk forum post.[4][5] The first bitcoin transaction took place at the forum, when software programmer Lazlo Hanyecz offered 10,000 bitcoins to purchase pizza, three days later a deal could be arranged to purchase two pizzas.[6][7]

General

Initial coin offerings are usually announced at the forum.[8]

Scams

A 2016 study by researchers from the University of New Mexico, and University of Tulsa, Oklahoma identified 1780 scams, based on forum reports.[9] There is a demand for more privileges for older user accounts. Traded accounts were reportedly used to scam people.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "bitcointalk.org Traffic Statistics". Alexa Internet. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "From Nakamoto to 'HODL': 5 Intriguing Facts About Iconic Bitcointalk Forum". CoinTelegraph. September 14, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Someone Is Using Theymos's Name to Sell BitcoinTalk Accounts on PasteCoin". The Merkle. January 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Will This Battle For The Soul Of Bitcoin Destroy It?". Forbes. October 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Only Good Bitcoin Advice Is Four Years Old Today". Motherboard Vice. October 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ "8 surprising places where you can pay with bitcoin". Business Insider. December 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ "If You Bought $5 of Bitcoin 7 Years Ago, You'd Be $4.4 Million Richer". Fortune. May 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ "I Got Scammed By An ICO". Seeking Alpha. January 29, 2018.
  9. ↑ "A new bitcoin Ponzi scheme or scam pops up almost every day". New Scientist. January 4, 2018.
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