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Code meets money: An illustrated guide to Bitcoin

As a way to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Bitcoin network launch, we teamed up with Unbankd to create “Code meets money,” an explainer developed in the style of a graphic novel.

A decade ago, the Bitcoin network was in its first days of life. Today it is the world’s first massively-adopted, open cryptocurrency network and the future of finance.

Over the past 10 years, Bitcoin has gone from an idea proposed on cypherpunk forum and supported initially by a handful of people, to the cornerstone of a new industry that reaches all parts of the globe.

If the past decade has been any indication, the next 10 years in the crypto space will be exciting.

One thing is for sure, the next wave of massive Bitcoin adoption will only come through more outreach, more education, and more inclusion. We believe that everyone needs to understand the power that Bitcoin’s programmable money enables.

So in the spirit of celebrating Bitcoin’s past, and with great optimism for its future, we now present “Code meets money: The match that made Bitcoin.”


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