₿????️ Satoshi's 21 #010: Review 2020 in Bitcoin ????

Time to look back at the year 2020 in Bitcoin! We'll prepare and share material about the major events, technical developments and other noteworthy things, provide basic and further explanations, and much more. There'll be occasional deep-dives and opportunity for the whole group to discuss.

Presenters and notable participants this time include:

- Sebastian van Staa https://twitter.com/SebastianvStaa
- Emzy https://twitter.com/emzy
- You? This is an interactive event, feel free to ask questions and share content any time!

Format: Socratic light https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-want-to-learn-about-bitcoin-try-a-local-socratic-seminar

Language: English

Target Audience: Some parts will be accessible for newcomers, others may require some prior knowledge. We'll cover technology, finance and other aspects. Feel free to ask general questions too!


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This is a recording of our Online-Meetup from the 21st of January 2021: https://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Munich/events/275033458/

We used the Free and Open Source conference call software Jitsi Meet hosted on the servers of Freifunk Munich: https://ffmuc.net/wiki/doku.php?id=knb:meet-en


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# Material:


## General Resources

https://bitcoin.page


## State of the Network 2020 in numbers

Number of nodes
http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/charts/historical.html

Uptime
https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/bitcoin-uptime/

Mempool
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#0,1y

Hashrate
https://bitinfocharts.com/de/comparison/bitcoin-hashrate.html

git
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/graphs/contributors

ATMs
https://www.statista.com/statistics/343127/number-bitcoin-atms/


## Finance

Bitcoin Coronavirus Crash below $4000 in March
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cryptoconfidential/2020/03/15/bitcoins-coronavirus-crash-blockchain-in-a-pandemic/

Paul Tudor Jones Buys Bitcoin as a Hedge Against Inflation
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-07/paul-tudor-jones-buys-bitcoin-says-he-s-reminded-of-gold-in-70s

Third Halving Turns Out to Be Non-Event for Bitcoin’s Price
https://www.coindesk.com/third-blockchain-halving-turns-out-non-event-bitcoins-price

Open interest in CME bitcoin futures hits an all-time high
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/73121/open-interest-cme-bitcoin-futures-all-time-high

Bitcoin treasuries and companies: Bitcoin reserves that touch $10 billion
https://www.talk-business.co.uk/2020/10/26/bitcoin-treasuries-and-companies-bitcoin-reserves-that-touch-10-billion/

PayPal’s Just Introduced a Bitcoin Onramp to 346 Million People
https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/paypals-just-introduced-a-bitcoin-onramp-to-346-million-people-9419253

Grayscale, MicroStrategy Could Be Driving Bitcoin Liquidity Crisis Closer with Massive BTC Acquisitions
https://u.today/grayscale-microstrategy-could-be-driving-bitcoin-liquidity-crisis-closer-with-massive-btc

Elon Musk distracted from work by Bitcoin
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1340678358456274948


## Projects

The 21 Most Influential Bitcoin Projects And Companies Of 2020
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-21-most-influential-bitcoin-projects-and-companies-of-2020


## Tech

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #129: 2020 Year-in-Review Special
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2020/12/23/

Suredbits: Settlement of Election DLC
https://suredbits.com/settlement-of-election-dlc/


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This is our new in-depth, no-nonsense seminar series Satoshi's 21, which will take place every 21st of a month in various different locations (hackspace, co-working space, conference room, or similar), or online if circumstances so require.

We'll have one or more selected topics concerning Bitcoin's technology, security, ongoing development, economics, monetary theory, or its societal and political impact. Some preparation work might be required from participants in order to make the most out of the seminar.

Satoshi's 21 stands for:
- Every 21st of a month so that weekdays rotate, and to enable opportunities for joint sessions online with various other international meetup groups
- 21 participants is the targeted and ideal working group size, but we could be more, we could be fewer
- And of course: honoring Bitcoin's monetary supply of 21 hundred trillion sats!

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