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Bitcoin began as a cypherpunk manifesto in 2008, a response to the 2008 financial crisis. Satoshi Nakamoto’s whitepaper put trust in math, not banks. Early adopters mined on hobby rigs, and the first real‑world purchase—pizza for 10,000 BTC—proved its viability. As price surged, hedge funds, banks and Wall Street joined, turning a libertarian experiment into a mainstream asset class.