Bitcoin Price on Whitepaper Day
2010: $0.20
2011: $3.27
2012: $11
2013: $201
2014: $337
2015: $312
2016: $699
2017: $6,369
2018: $6,332
2019: $9,172
2020: $13,537
2021: $61,837
2022: $20,624
2023: $34,494
2024: $72,250
2025: $110,000
The Bitcoin whitepaper was released 17 years ago today
Thank you Satoshi 🧡
Throughout history, money has done more than store value, it has shaped how free we are.
Every shift in the way we trade has also been a shift in who controls our lives.
In the earliest days, trade was simple: I have what you need, you have what I need.
Barter worked, but only when coincidence allowed it. If no one wanted your goats for their grain, you were stuck. Freedom existed, but it was fragile, limited by proximity and circumstance.
Gold changed everything.
It gave trade durability, portability, and a shared understanding of value. Gold was freedom made tangible, no third party could debase it, no ruler could print more of it.
But storing and moving gold safely was hard. Over time, people began trusting others to hold it for them, and in doing so, they traded some freedom for convenience.
Paper money was born from trust, notes backed by gold, redeemable on demand. But that promise was broken when governments cut the tie to gold, money became an instrument of policy, not value. Printing money became easier than earning it.
Inflation turned into a tax no one voted for.
The illusion of freedom persisted, but the control had shifted, from the individual to the state.
Then came Bitcoin
A borderless, permissionless, finite form of money. It reintroduced scarcity in the digital world and with it, accountability.
Bitcoin doesn’t ask for trust. It enforces it through code, cryptography, and consensus. It’s not just money you own, it’s freedom you hold.
For the first time in history, anyone, anywhere can store and send value without permission.
Every evolution in money has been a tradeoff between freedom and control. Bitcoin breaks the pattern.
Bitcoin restores individual sovereignty.
A palindrome is a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward
Palindrome block 921129 was mined today 🤓
We don’t talk about sovereignty enough in the fiat world
We talk about returns, yield, diversification and optimization. But not control, freedom or ownership.
If your wealth can be frozen, seized, censored, or inflated away, you don’t fully own it.
If you need permission to move your money, you don’t have full control over it
Financial sovereignty is self-custody, no counterparty risk and no dependency on institutions to access your own capital!
In August 2025, the Eurozone's total money supply was €16.9 trillion, a 2.9% increase from the previous year.
In 1980, the average money supply was approximately €7 trillion
Bitcoin’s supply cap: 21 million
Choose wisely