While Satoshi Nakamoto is credited as the anonymous creator of Bitcoin (BTC), what often goes unnoticed are the selfless contributions of community members (miners, developers, designers, hodlers, and investors) who help bring the vision to life. original. However, one of those significant contributions was found to have a blemish for more than 12 years, invisible to the naked eye.
On November 12, 2010, bitboy, a member of bitcointalk.org (not related to YouTuber BitBoy Crypto), posted the vector files of the iconic Bitcoin logo, which has been widely accepted around the world. While bitcoiners preach the “walk away” narrative during crypto bear markets, zooming in on Bitcoin’s original logo shows a small orange line from the bottom leading to the white “₿”.
A small design detail that has carried over through many iterations of the original. #bitcoin logo since its creation in 2010 pic.twitter.com/nYElwD2S6v
—Doctor (@_Bosch_) February 9, 2023
The information was first revealed by Crypto Twitter member @_Bosch_, who later shared an updated Bitcoin logo after removing the branding and improving the stylistic proportions. In further investigation, community member @skyler_fs found that one of the curvatures of the ₿ logo was also not smooth.
Cointelegraph’s investigation of the above claims confirmed the blemishes that the original Bitcoin had. vectors. The following image shows the two locations where microscopic design issues exist.
The disclosure does not affect the way Bitcoin operates and members of the community have not shown any concerns about it. Even if someone created new vectors after fixing the bugs, it wouldn’t gain mainstream acceptance unless the community decided otherwise.
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As markets remain on a positive trajectory to recovery, Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark continues to amass teams from struggling mining companies.
CleanSpark’s chief financial officer, Gary Vecchiarelli, said the company foresees “explosive growth” in 2023 through mergers and acquisitions.
“Regarding our M&A strategy, we have been one of the most active miners to date in acquiring infrastructure and machines, and we will continue to be active,” he added.
