Bitcoin is a digital encryption currency based on blockchain technology, which was first proposed in an anonymous forum at the end of 2008. A self-proclaimed "Satoshi Nakamoto" published a paper entitled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", and put forward the core concepts and basic principles of Bitcoin. After that, Satoshi Nakamoto started the development of Bitcoin, and officially launched the Bitcoin network on June 38+10/October 3, 2009. Therefore, it can be said that the real start time of Bitcoin is 65438+20091October 3.