halfin
@halfinRunning bitcoin
7:33 PM · Jan 10, 2009
- Replies: 12K
- Reposts: 59K
- Likes: 133K
- Bookmarks: 12K
Bitcoin History
Historic Bitcoin Tweets
The posts that marked the timeline, oldest first. Scroll down and watch Bitcoin go from a hobbyist’s status update to a line item on a national balance sheet.
7 tweets · 2009 → 2025
2009
H Hal Finney, a week after the genesis block — the first public sign that anyone besides Satoshi was running the software.
2011
G gregschoen.eth@GregSchoenI wish I had kept my 1,700 BTC @ $0.06 instead of selling them at $0.30, now that they’re $8.00! #bitcoin
3:57 PM · May 16, 2011
- Replies: 2.6K
- Reposts: 20K
- Likes: 34K
- Bookmarks: 4.5K
The definitive sold-too-early post. He let 1,700 coins go for about $510; at $8.00 they were worth $13,600 — and that turned out to be the early part of the regret.
2012
J Jameson Lopp@loppBitcoin block reward has successfully halved; so begins the great test of Keynesian economic theory. No effects yet.
From 99bitcoins.com
12:15 PM · Nov 28, 2012
The first halving. The block subsidy dropped from 50 BTC to 25 BTC on schedule and the network carried on without a hiccup.
2019
J jack@jackBitcoin is resilient. Bitcoin is principled. Bitcoin is native to internet ideals. And it’s a great brand.
2:57 PM · Feb 5, 2019 · From San Francisco, CA
- Replies: 168
- Reposts: 1.7K
- Likes: 4.4K
- Bookmarks: 57
Twitter’s own CEO making the case for Bitcoin in four short sentences.
2020
M Michael Saylor@saylorMicroStrategy Adopts #Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Reserve Asset.
From software.strategy.com
4:06 AM · Aug 11, 2020
- Replies: 214
- Reposts: 1.2K
- Likes: 4.3K
- Bookmarks: 223
The post that opened the corporate treasury era and turned a software company into a Bitcoin proxy.
2021
E Elon Musk@elonmuskYou can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin
12:02 AM · Mar 24, 2021
- Replies: 29K
- Reposts: 113K
- Likes: 748K
- Bookmarks: 1.9K
True for about seven weeks — Tesla suspended Bitcoin payments in May 2021.
2025
D David Sacks@davidsacks47FACT SHEET: PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP ESTABLISHES THE STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE AND U.S. DIGITAL ASSET STOCKPILE March 6, 2025
From whitehouse.gov
6:47 PM · Mar 6, 2025 · 1M Views
- Replies: 600
- Reposts: 2.3K
- Likes: 12K
- Bookmarks: 998
The United States says out loud that it intends to hold Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset.
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