🕰️ Bitcoin's History & Key Events
From whitepaper to Wall Street — and what each milestone proves
Six short lessons on the moments that tested Bitcoin: a whitepaper nobody noticed, a governance war it nearly lost, the exchange collapse that's still being paid out twelve years later, and the slow arrival of companies and governments. Not trivia — a record of stress tests its core rules passed without bending.
Birth & Trial
How it started, and the two crises that proved what it was made of.
- 🕰️ The Origin: Whitepaper & Genesis Block
Nineteen months from a PDF to somebody buying pizza. - 🗳️ The Block Size War
Bitcoin's governance stress test — and who actually won it. - 🏛️ The Mt. Gox Hack
The most expensive lesson in Bitcoin history — still being paid out.
The World Notices
Treasuries, ETFs, legal tender, and reserves — plus what all of it does and doesn't prove.
- 📊 Wall Street Takes Notice
From fringe experiment to retirement accounts in under five years. - ⚖️ Bitcoin Meets Policy
Governments, legislation, and telling settled law from a headline. - 🛡️ What the History Actually Proves
Each event, the principle it stress-tested — and a course recap.