Everything began in 2008, during the height of the global financial crisis. As banks collapsed and millions of people lost their economic stability, a mysterious figure —or perhaps a group— under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto published a technical document titled 'Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.' In it, he proposed a radical idea: a decentralized electronic money system, without banks, governments, or intermediaries.
It was not just a technological proposal, but a direct response to the distrust that had been sown towards the traditional financial system. Instead of relying on institutions, Bitcoin offered a model based on open code, distributed consensus, and immutable mathematical rules. Each transaction would be recorded on a public chain —the blockchain— ensuring transparency and resistance to censorship.
It was the beginning of a silent revolution, written in code and supported by a growing community of developers, activists, and visionaries. What initially seemed like a marginal experiment eventually became a real alternative to money as we knew it. And although its implications were just beginning to unfold, one thing was clear: the concept of value would never be the same again.
