Bitcoin Protocol Development Steadily Progressing Despite Only 40-60 Monthly Active Developers: NYDIG

Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin ( $64,278.00 ) ’s pseudonymous founder, published his whitepaper on Oct. 31, 2008, and subsequently launched the Bitcoin ( $64,278.00 ) network on Jan. 3, 2009. He was soon joined by five other contributors, notably, Hal Finney, a developer and cypherpunk who became the first Bitcoin ( $64,278.00 ) transaction recipient (courtesy of Satoshi), and Laszlo Hanyec, a programmer who famously paid 10,000 BTC (almost $170 million today) for two pizzas.