Crypto Fun Facts: BITCOIN Edition
You know Bitcoin as the #1 crypto — but how much do you really know about it?
Here are 8 fun facts that might surprise even seasoned holders:
1. The first real BTC transaction bought two pizzas for 10,000 BTC — worth over $600M today.
2. The Genesis Block included this hidden message: “Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.”
3. Around 20% of all BTC is permanently lost due to forgotten keys or wallets.
4. Total supply is capped at 21 million — and over 93% has already been mined.
5. Satoshi Nakamoto never touched the ~1.1M BTC mined in the early days.
6. The smallest unit is 1 satoshi = 0.00000001 BTC.
7. El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender (2021).
8. Bitcoin’s network has more computing power than the top 500 supercomputers combined.
How many of these did you already know?
Drop a 💡 in the comments if at least one of them surprised you!
