In 2008, the world was going through a major financial crisis. Banks lost trust, people lost their money, and many began to doubt the global financial system. In this dark moment, a mysterious person emerged online under the name 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
Satoshi wrote a small document explaining a revolutionary idea: a digital currency that does not need a bank or government, called 'Bitcoin'. This currency operates on a system called blockchain, meaning every transaction is recorded publicly and cannot be altered, as if it were an open ledger for everyone.
People began to experiment with Bitcoin. At first, it had no value, and the first purchase made with it was in 2010, when a programmer bought pizza for 10,000 Bitcoins! Can you imagine? If he had kept it, it would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars today!
Over time, more people began to trust the idea of Bitcoin: a currency not controlled by any entity, fast, and secure. Its price increased, it spread around the world, and thousands of similar currencies appeared. But Bitcoin remained the king, as it was the first to start the revolution.
And although Satoshi's identity remains unknown, his idea changed the way people view money, and perhaps the entire world.
