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More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

100 years ago Henry Ford sorta predicted Bitcoin

On December 4, 1921, The New York Tribune published a story about Henry Ford's idea on currency backed by energy. He thought this would help to prevent future wars from happening and remove the gold standard. This reminds of the BTC a lot! ...

by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago

1.1 million Salvadorans have been connected to global financial system by Bitcoin in 10 days. Traditional banking system only managed to serve 2 million Salvadorans in 40 years. How is Bitcoin banking the unbanked in El Salvador?

El Salvador has a population of 6.5 million people. The traditional banking system only serves 2 million people. 4.5 million Salvadorans have no bank account. They were completely left out by the banking system. Not having a bank account means these...