Bitcoin Price Reflects a Paradigm Shift: Why the World Is Watching Closely

When it debuted to the public in 2008, through a nine-page whitepaper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” the concept of cryptocurrency felt more like science fiction than reality. In 2008, a major superhero movie had just come out, online shopping was often viewed negatively, YouTube was still emerging, and MySpace reigned as the leading social media platform. However, over the next decade, society and culture gradually aligned with the vision that Bitcoin’s anonymous creators outlined in that original whitepaper.