Cryptocurrency publication
Bitcoin Magazine
is one of the original news and print
magazine
publishers covering
Bitcoin
and
digital currencies
.
Bitcoin Magazine
began publishing in 2012. It was co-founded by
Vitalik Buterin
, Mihai Alisie, Matthew N. Wright, Vladimir Marchenko, and Vicente S.
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[2]
It is currently owned and operated by BTC Inc in
Nashville, Tennessee
.
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History
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Vitalik Buterin
became interested in
Bitcoin
in 2011, and co-founded the periodical
Bitcoin Magazine
with Mihai Alisie, who asked him to join.
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[6]
Alisie was living in
Romania
at the time, and Buterin was writing for a blog. Buterin's writing captured the attention of Alisie, and they subsequently decided to start the magazine.
[7]
Buterin took the role of head writer as a side project while attending university.
[7]
In 2012,
Bitcoin Magazine
began publishing a print edition from its base in South Korea and has been referred to as the first serious publication dedicated to cryptocurrencies.
[8]
Buterin noted he spent 10-20 hours per week writing for the publication.
[9]
In early 2015,
Bitcoin Magazine
was sold to its current owners, BTC Inc.
[10]
A physical copy of a 2014 edition of
Bitcoin Magazine
was displayed in the Smithsonian Museum as part of the Value of Money exhibit.
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In September 2021,
Bitcoin Magazine
announced the launch of their Eastern European bureau based in
Kyiv
.
[12]
In December 2021,
New England Patriots
quarterback
Mac Jones
partnered with
Bitcoin Magazine
to gift both Bitcoin and
Bitcoin Magazine
subscriptions to his offensive line.
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The Bitcoin Conference
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Bitcoin magazine hosts annual bitcoin conferences starting in 2019. In June 2021,
Bitcoin Magazine
hosted Bitcoin 2021 at the Mana Wynwood in Miami, Florida.
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There were approximately 12,000 attendees.
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In a prerecorded speech,
El Salvador
President
Nayib Bukele
announced his plans to adopt
Bitcoin
as
legal tender
in the Central American nation.
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References
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Snyder, Benjamin (23 June 2017).
"Meet Vitalik Buterin, the 23-year-old founder of bitcoin rival ethereum"
.
CNBC
. Retrieved
22 September
2017
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2022-06-16
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2020-09-26
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2022-06-16
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Finley, Klint (27 January 2014).
"Out in the open: Teenage hacker transforms web into one giant Bitcoin network"
.
Wired
. Retrieved
7 February
2014
.
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del Castillo, Michael (24 September 2014).
"Dark wallet: A radical way to Bitcoin"
.
The New Yorker
. Retrieved
24 January
2014
.
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b
Peck, Morgan (13 June 2016).
"The Uncanny Mind That Built Ethereum"
.
Wired
. Retrieved
22 September
2017
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Vigna, Paul; Casey, Michael J. (2014).
"Community"
.
The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging ..
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Macmillan Publishers
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ISBN
978-1250065636
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Tapscott, Don (13 March 2017).
"The Blockchain Revolution and Higher Education"
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EducaseReview
. Retrieved
22 September
2017
.
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Buterin, Vitalik.
"Bitcoin Magazine Has New Ownership"
.
Bitcoin Magazine
.
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"Bitcoin Magazine, United States, 2014"
.
National Museum of American History
.
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Magazine, Bitcoin.
"Bitcoin Magazine opens Ukraine bureau as it targets international expansion"
.
Johnson City Press
. Archived from
the original
on 2021-12-10
. Retrieved
2021-12-10
.
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"Mac Jones gifts Patriots offensive linemen Bitcoin for the holidays"
.
CBSSports.com
. Retrieved
2022-01-04
.
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Schulz, Bill (14 July 2021).
"Miami's Bitcoin Convention Was Weirder and More Wonderful Than I Imagined"
.
Entrepreneur
. Retrieved
2021-11-04
.
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a
b
Sigalos, MacKenzie (2021-06-08).
"Thousands of bitcoin believers descended on Miami to party and preach the gospel of 'HODL'
"
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CNBC
. Retrieved
2021-11-04
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Esposito, Anthony (2021-06-06).
"El Salvador's president says will send bill to make bitcoin legal tender"
.
Reuters
. Retrieved
2021-11-11
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