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Joined July 2014
Exactly eight years ago, the University of Nicosia in Cyprus πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ύ became the first university to accept tuition fees in #Bitcoin, as well as offering a 5% discount to those who did.
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Eight years ago today, the world's first #Bitcoin ATM opened in a coffee shop in Vancouver, Canada.β˜•οΈ
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#Bitcoin makes it's glorious return to $60k for the first time since April 17. πŸ“ˆ
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NewLibertyStandard is also credited for successfully proposing 'ΰΈΏ' and 'BTC' as Bitcoin's symbols just four months later.
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On this day 12 years ago, NewLibertyStandard calcualated the first exchange rate for #Bitcoin using the cost of electricity in the US. πŸ”Œ
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On this day in 2010, /r/Bitcoin was born... The subreddit has grown by 1.5 million users (+79%) since the start of 2021. πŸ“ˆ #Bitcoin
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The Dream...🍷 #crypto
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About 8% of American people πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ currently hold a type of crypto. Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ takes the top spot here, where around 1 in 8 Ukrainians πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ hold a form of #crypto. (Source: TripleA)
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It's been 101 days since we last saw a #Bitcoin sell for $50,000... πŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ
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On this day in 2002, the Hashcash proof-of-work system was described, a method for reducing spam emails. βœ‰οΈ Years later it would form an imperative part of the #Bitcoin network. ⛏️
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