Hey there Steemers, today I have some very cool and interesting facts that you may not know about Bitcoin! Is it true, do you learn something new everyday?
1) James Howells had $7.5 Million in Bitcoin, but lost it due to throwing his hard drive away in a Welsh landfill in 2013.
2) Vancouver boasted about the world's first Bitcoin ATM.
3) Lamborghini was the first company to accept Bitcoin in exchange for their cars.
4) Kreuzberg is a part of Berlin which has a shopping centre which is classed as 'Bitcoin-Friendly'.
5) 1.5% of the worlds Bitcoin is owned by the FBI. This is due to the closure of the Silk Road online marketplace. It was known to sell illegal items such as drugs and weapons. It used the TOR Network for anonymity.
6) There are 31,000 lines of code behind Bitcoin.
7) There are 64% of Bitcoins which are in Wallets which havent been touched since the currency was released.
8) 1 Bitcoin was equivalent to $0.04 in early 2010. The price is now 2720% higher!
9) Mt. Gox, a Bitcoin exchange located in Japan held more than 70% of all Bitcoin transcations. In 2013, they lost 750,000 worth of Bitcoins and had to file for bankruptcy.
10) Spice Girl, Mel B was the first musical artist who accepted payment of Bitcoin for her music.
11) More than 200 businesses held a Bitcoin 'Black-Friday' sale in 2013.
12) OkCupid is a dating site which allows you pay with Bitcoin while finding your match made in heaven!
13) China banned banks from using/trading Bitcoin in December 2013.
14) A man swapped 10,000 Bitcoins for a Pizza in 2010 which is now worth more than $7000000.
15) Bitcoins might collapse in the future - they are now controlled by a small group of people, which defeats the object of them being decentralized!
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