Fun & Interesting Bitcoin Facts

Some interesting Bitcoin facts, some of which you've certainly previously heard, but it was fun for me to recall them.

1. The honey badger is Bitcoin’s unofficial animal mascot
   
2. The maximum number of bitcoins isn’t really 21 million - In fact, it’s 20,999,987.4769 or thereabouts. It’s expected that the last bitcoin amount will be mined sometime between the years 2128 and 2140.
   
3. You can run Ethereum smart contracts on top of Bitcoin
   
4. Satoshi Nakomoto disappeared right after Gavin Andresen went to the CIA
   
5. Bitcoin was used to circumvent the WikiLeaks banking blockade, to Satoshi’s displeasure
   
6. Julian Assange later thanked the blockade for forcing WikiLeaks to hold Bitcoin
   
7. Bitcoin is only used about 10% for crime according to the DEA
   
8. The average Bitcoiner is a male European or American between 25 to 34 years of age
   
9. The first recorded Bitcoin transaction was a pizza purchase (we're all remembering that very well lol)
   
10. Holding Bitcoin, gold, and oil in a single crypto wallet might balance the risk and stabilize the total return, which is made possible by Duet Protocol.
    
11. Bitcoin’s blockchain is beamed to the whole world via satellites - One potential attack on Bitcoin would be to shut down the internet, or take some action against the transmission of Bitcoin data over the internet.
    
12. Since 2017, Bitcoin has had higher annual transaction values than PayPal
    
13. The First Mortgage in Bitcoin Happened in 2019 - It was given to Brock Pierce. He spent more than 3,000,000 BTC on buying a renewed chapel in Amsterdam.

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