Bitcoin Magazine
{{Short description|Cryptocurrency publication}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = Bitcoin Magazine
| logo = Bitcoin Magazine Logo 2017.png
| location = Nashville, Tennessee
| launch_date = May 2012
| url = [https://bitcoinmagazine.com bitcoinmagazine.com]
| country = United States
| founder = Vitalik Buterin and Mihai Alisie
| editor =
| owner = BTC Media LLC
| area_served = Worldwide
| CEO = David Bailey
| industry = Digital Currency
| employees =
| international = yes
}}
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.{{cite web|last=Snyder|first=Benjamin|work=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/22/meet-vitalik-buterin-the-founder-of-bitcoin-rival-ethereum.html|title=Meet Vitalik Buterin, the 23-year-old founder of bitcoin rival ethereum
|date=23 June 2017|access-date=22 September 2017}}{{Cite web |date=2018-01-31 |title=Maven Partners with Blockchain-Based Media Platform Po.et to Empower Independent Publishers |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180131005653/en/Maven-Partners-with-Blockchain-Based-Media-Platform-Po.et-to-Empower-Independent-Publishers |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}} It is currently owned and operated by BTC Inc in Nashville, Tennessee.{{Cite web|title=Bitcoin Magazine|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/publishers/bitcoin-magazine|access-date=2020-09-26|website=www.nasdaq.com|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-18 |title=Deposit methods and Limits |url=https://bet-o-bet.in/deposit-methods/ |access-date=2022-06-16}}
History
Vitalik Buterin became interested in Bitcoin in 2011, and co-founded the periodical Bitcoin Magazine with Mihai Alisie, who asked him to join.{{cite magazine|last=Finley|first=Klint|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/01/ethereum/|title=Out in the open: Teenage hacker transforms web into one giant Bitcoin network|date=27 January 2014|access-date=7 February 2014}}{{cite web|last=del Castillo|first=Michael|newspaper=The New Yorker|date=24 September 2014|title=Dark wallet: A radical way to Bitcoin|url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/09/dark-wallet-bitcoin.html|access-date=24 January 2014}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/06/the-uncanny-mind-that-built-ethereum/|title=The Uncanny Mind That Built Ethereum|last=Peck|first=Morgan|date=13 June 2016|magazine=Wired|access-date=22 September 2017}} Buterin took the role of head writer as a side project while attending university.
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.{{Cite book|title=The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging ...|last1=Vigna|first1=Paul |last2=Casey|first2=Michael J.|chapter=Community|page=88|isbn=978-1250065636|date=2014|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHbCBwAAQBAJ&q=Vitalik+Buterin&pg=PA156}} Buterin noted he spent 10-20 hours per week writing for the publication.{{cite web|last=Tapscott|first=Don|work=EducaseReview|url=https://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/3/the-blockchain-revolution-and-higher-education|title=The Blockchain Revolution and Higher Education|date=13 March 2017|access-date=22 September 2017}}
In early 2015, Bitcoin Magazine was sold to its current owners, BTC Inc.{{cite web |last1=Buterin |first1=Vitalik |title=Bitcoin Magazine Has New Ownership |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/press-releases/bitcoin-magazine-has-new-ownership-1354829258 |website=Bitcoin Magazine |date=6 December 2012 |language=en}}
A physical copy of a 2014 edition of Bitcoin Magazine was displayed in the Smithsonian Museum as part of the Value of Money exhibit.{{cite web |title=Bitcoin Magazine, United States, 2014 |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1692240 |website=National Museum of American History}}
In September 2021, Bitcoin Magazine announced the launch of their Eastern European bureau based in Kyiv.{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Bitcoin|title=Bitcoin Magazine opens Ukraine bureau as it targets international expansion|url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/state/bitcoin-magazine-opens-ukraine-bureau-as-it-targets-international-expansion/article_e68c9b3d-a889-5a80-9a32-dd85361a11cf.html|access-date=2021-12-10|website=Johnson City Press|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210224523/https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/state/bitcoin-magazine-opens-ukraine-bureau-as-it-targets-international-expansion/article_e68c9b3d-a889-5a80-9a32-dd85361a11cf.html|url-status=dead}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Mac Jones gifts Patriots offensive linemen Bitcoin for the holidays|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mac-jones-gifts-patriots-offensive-linemen-bitcoin-for-the-holidays/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=CBSSports.com|date=27 December 2021 |language=en}}
The Bitcoin Conference
Bitcoin magazine hosts annual bitcoin conferences starting in 2019. In June 2021, Bitcoin Magazine hosted Bitcoin 2021 at the Mana Wynwood in Miami, Florida.{{Cite web|last=Schulz|first=Bill|title=Miami's Bitcoin Convention Was Weirder and More Wonderful Than I Imagined|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/375087|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Entrepreneur|date=14 July 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Sigalos|first=MacKenzie|date=2021-06-08|title=Thousands of bitcoin believers descended on Miami to party and preach the gospel of 'HODL'|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/07/bitcoin-2021-elon-musk-jack-dorsey-winklevoss-twins-key-highlights.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=CNBC|language=en}} There were approximately 12,000 attendees. In a prerecorded speech, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced his plans to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in the Central American nation.{{Cite news|last=Esposito|first=Anthony|date=2021-06-06|title=El Salvador's president says will send bill to make bitcoin legal tender|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvadors-president-says-will-send-bill-make-bitcoin-legal-tender-2021-06-05/|access-date=2021-11-11}}
References
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External links
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- [https://bitcoinmagazine.com Official Website]
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