Before Bitcoin $BTC hit $70K...

Before Wall Street embraced it...

Before it earned the title “digital gold”...

It nearly vanished.

🔙 August 15, 2010 — Bitcoin’s Darkest Hour

A silent, devastating bug nearly killed Bitcoin.

One overlooked flaw in the code created 184,467,440,737 BTC in a single transaction.

Yes — 184 billion coins, in a system meant to cap at 21 million.

🧨 The Bug That Broke the Rules

Bitcoin was worth just $0.07

The network was tiny: coders, students, early adopters

One wallet suddenly received billions of BTC

A hidden integer overflow bug caused the glitch

Trust in Bitcoin was moments away from collapse

Had this gone unnoticed:

Trust would’ve been shattered

The price could’ve crashed to zero

The Bitcoin project might’ve died in its infancy

🛠️ Satoshi Nakamoto Saves the Chain

Enter Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s mysterious creator.

In a display of brilliance and calm:

Detected the bug within hours

Released a code patch immediately

Coordinated a manual hard fork

Rewrote the blockchain

Erased the fake 184 billion BTC forever

This remains the only time in history that Bitcoin's chain was manually altered.

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💭 A Fork That Saved the Future

This pivotal moment reminds us:

> ⚠️ Bitcoin is revolutionary — but it’s still software. And software can fail.

Bitcoin survived thanks to:

Its early, nimble community

A decentralized ethos

Rapid response from Satoshi himself

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🤔 Could This Happen Again?

Today, Bitcoin’s codebase is more secure and audited than ever.

But:

Bugs still exist

Human error is always a risk

Consensus remains the backbone of the network

The $184 Billion Bug didn’t destroy Bitcoin — it made it stronger.

But it also exposed a critical truth: no system is too big to break.

💡 So next time someone says, “Bitcoin is unbreakable”...

Ask them:

> “Have you heard about the day Bitcoin almost died?”

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