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Adam Back Reflects on the Cypherpunk Movement, Inventing Hashcash, Satoshi & Bitcoin

The Bitcoin Matrix

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Is Bitcoin Really a Hobbyist?

The first Bitcoin was created in January 2009. It took a few years before there were exchanges where you could exchange it for dollars. Before that, at least from talking to people who were involved, like her dusting and tremble and others,. they would just send money for fun or an exchange for, you know, Tisha or pizza and arbitrary exchange rate.

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