Crypto Industry Stories
BlokWiki Industry Stories share colourful tales, personalities and behind-the-scenes moments from the blockchain and cryptocurrency world, told in a lighter tone.
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Mt. Gox at 13 Years: What Happened After 850,000 BTC Vanished
In February 2014, Mt. Gox — then the world's largest exchange — filed for bankruptcy after roughly 750,000 customer bitcoins vanis…
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10,000 Bitcoin for Two Pizzas: The Story Behind Bitcoin Pizza Day
On May 22, 2010, American programmer Laszlo Hanyecz traded 10,000 bitcoin for two Papa John's pizzas worth about $41 on the Bitcoi…
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The 7,500 Bitcoin Buried in a Landfill: The James Howells Story
In 2009, James Howells, an IT engineer in Newport, Wales, mined roughly 7,500 bitcoin on an ordinary laptop and kept the private k…
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Two Password Attempts From 7,002 BTC: The Stefan Thomas IronKey Story
In 2011, German-born programmer Stefan Thomas — later chief technology officer of Ripple — made an early Bitcoin community video t…
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HODL Origin: How a Drunk Typo Created Crypto's Most Famous Slang
On December 18, 2013, as bitcoin crashed from about $1,150 to roughly $450 in a matter of weeks, Bitcointalk user GameKyuubi poste…
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The 6,000-Yuan Zhihu Bitcoin Answer That Became a Legend
In 2011, a third-year student asked on Zhihu — China's Quora-like Q&A platform — how to invest 6,000 yuan. A user called Changjia,…
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Mt. Gox Explained: The Collapse That Lost 850,000 Bitcoin
Mt.Gox was founded in 2010 by American Jed McCaleb; its name is short for Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange, and it began as a …
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Dogecoin Origin Story: The Joke That Became a Billion-Dollar Coin
On December 6, 2013, Billy Markus, an IBM software engineer in Portland, and Jackson Palmer, an Adobe marketer in Australia, spent…
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Squid Game Coin (SQUID): From $2,900 to Zero in Five Minutes
In late October 2021, a token called SQUID launched on the Binance Smart Chain riding Netflix's Squid Game hype, billed as the coi…
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Real wealth experience in ordinary RMB circles: No gambling, no leverage, and steadily earn the first bucket of gold
This is a real story of making money in the currency circle of ordinary migrant workers. They did not touch high leverage or specu…