1️⃣ The first official item purchased with bitcoins was pizza
On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz ordered two pizzas for 10,000 BTC. Today, that amount is worth millions of dollars!
2️⃣ Lost bitcoins are irrecoverable
If the owner loses access to their wallet (private key), the coins are permanently lost. It is estimated that about 20% of all bitcoins are permanently lost.
3️⃣ A total of 21 million BTC
Unlike fiat currencies, Bitcoin has a hard cap – a total of 21,000,000 coins. This limit is expected to be reached by the year 2140.
4️⃣ The first Bitcoin ATM was installed in 2013
It appeared in Vancouver (Canada) and allowed cash to be exchanged for BTC. Today, there are already thousands of such devices around the world.
5️⃣ Millionaires thanks to cryptocurrency
The crypto boom has made many early investors millionaires, including those who bought bitcoins for less than $1.
6️⃣ Bitcoin's energy consumption
Bitcoin mining consumes a huge amount of electricity – comparable to the energy consumption of entire countries, such as Argentina.
7️⃣ Satoshi Nakamoto – a mystery
The identity of Bitcoin's creator is still unknown. Some believe it is a group of people rather than one individual.
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