For consecutive 8 years from 2009 to 2016 , Bitcoin remained the currency of the Darknet community and the Elite’s for tax evasion. No one was well versed with how Bitcoin works, who was Satoshi Nakamoto and what exactly is the blockchain network. The discussion was limited to bitcoin forums and tech blogs but it was not a talk of the general public . Most of you might have never heard of Bitcoin before 2017 as much as you hear it today. It has become the discussion of almost everyone from your Uber driver to your youngsters. Almost everyone now talks about investing in bitcoin. People have started taking loans in order to invest in cryptocurrencies. 2.24 2.23 2.22 2.21 2.20 2.19 2.18 2.17 2.16 2.15 2.14 2.13 2.12 2.11 2.10 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.0 Before 2017, there was less public and media attention towards bitcoin. In order to take everyone by surprise and force the entire world to talk about bitcoin, bitcoin inventors needed something exceptional . What cou