Bitcointalk

Bitcointalk is an Internet forum dedicated to the discussion of bitcoin, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The forum was initially created by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin on Nov 22, 2009.

Bitcointalk
Type of site
Forum
Available inMultilingual, primarily English
URLWelcome post by Satoshi
Alexa rank 900 (Global, January 2018)[1]
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Launched2009

History

Satoshi Nakamoto created the bitcointalk forum and posted the first message in 2009 under the pseudonym "satoshi".

The first bitcoin transaction took place at the forum, when software programmer Laszlo Hanyecz offered 10,000 bitcoins to purchase pizza, three days later a deal could be arranged to purchase two pizzas.[2][3]

The commonly used cryptocurrency-trader meme "HODL" originated from a 2013 bitcointalk forum post.[4][5]

Topics

Initial coin offerings are sometimes announced at the forum.

A 2016 study by researchers from the University of New Mexico, and University of Tulsa, Oklahoma identified 1780 scams, based on forum reports.[6] There is a demand for more privileges for older user accounts. Traded accounts were reportedly used to scam people.

References
  1. "bitcointalk.org Traffic Statistics". Alexa Internet. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  2. "8 surprising places where you can pay with bitcoin". Business Insider. December 12, 2017.
  3. "If You Bought $5 of Bitcoin 7 Years Ago, You'd Be $4.4 Million Richer". Fortune. May 22, 2017.
  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. "A new bitcoin Ponzi scheme or scam pops up almost every day". New Scientist. January 4, 2018.


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