Bitcoin’s creator, “Satoshi Nakamoto,” might be dead or just watching silently as crypto bros argue. No one knows who they are.

The first known real-world Bitcoin transaction bought two pizzas for 10,000 BTC. That’s over $600 million at peak value for two Papa John’s pies.

The Bitcoin blockchain has encoded everything from poems to JPEGs of Shrek. Yes, Shrek is eternal now.

There are thousands of ‘dead coins’ crypto projects so failed, they’re basically the digital equivalent of haunted amusement parks.

El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender… and then lost a ton of money on it.

Some people have lost entire fortunes by forgetting their wallet password. One guy is still locked out of $220 million.

There’s a literal landfill in the UK being excavated for a hard drive with 8,000 BTC on it.

Crypto mining consumes more electricity than some countries. In 2021, Bitcoin used more power than Argentina.

A cryptocurrency called Dogecoin, made as a joke in 2013, reached a $90 billion market cap in 2021.

You can buy a crypto-backed cat. On CryptoKitties, some NFTs have sold for over $100,000.

There’s a coin called “Useless Ethereum Token.” Its own site said: “You’re going to give some random person on the internet money.”

One blockchain project promised to decentralize potato chips.

In 2021, a man in Florida tried to pay for a hitman with Bitcoin. The hitman turned out to be an undercover FBI agent.

There’s a token called “PooCoin.” Yes, it’s a real thing. No, it didn’t make anyone rich.

People have proposed blockchain weddings—smart contracts that execute divorce settlements automatically.

A crypto convention once ran out of electricity because everyone was mining.

A guy tattooed a QR code of his crypto wallet on his back and it expired.

In 2021, “rug pull” became an official crypto term. It’s when developers vanish with investors’ money. Cute name, terrible outcome.

There are coins with names like “ElonDogeMoon” and “Asscoin.”

NFTs of invisible art have sold for thousands. You are now the proud owner of nothing.

In 2022, a DAO tried to buy a rare U.S. Constitution copy. They raised $47 million. They lost. Then chaos ensued.

Some blockchains are used for AI training, land titles, voting, and goat registration.

People have made crypto ATMs that dispense real cash.

“Bitcoin maximalists” believe all other coins are scams.

Many crypto whitepapers are copied and pasted from each other. Plagiarism? More like decentralized sourcing.

There’s an Ethereum-based game called “CryptoBreeds” where you can breed pixel dogs with weird genetic traits.

Someone once offered a million-dollar NFT that was just a screenshot of someone else’s million-dollar NFT.