CalvinAyre.com’s most read Bitcoin stories of 2019

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2019 was a monumental year for Bitcoin, as it finally started to return to its original protocol and achieve the massive scaling it always promised. That was thanks in large part to it’s creator, Dr. Craig Wright, and it’s global ambassador, Calvin Ayre. It makes sense then that these two men dominated the most read Bitcoin stories we published in 2019.

Bogota recognizes Satoshi Nakamoto

calvinayre-coms-most-read-bitcoin-stories-of-2019-minIn 2019, Dr. Wright set out to prove he was the man behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym in his chosen fashion: proving his superior knowledge of blockchain technology, and submitting verifiable information to the courts. Bogota, Columbia took notice, and recognized the man for his creation.

In June, Dr. Wright visited Bogota to speak about Bitcoin at the Concejo de Bogota (the Council of Bogota), to be warmly welcomed by a mass of supporters, and to be recognized by the city government officially as Satoshi Nakamoto.

Trolls beware, we don’t take libel sitting down

In March, several crypto Twitter trolls took a post by this site’s founder, Calvin Ayre, as an opportunity to spin rumors that the man was up to no good, suggesting he was inviting under age women to his parties. That couldn’t be any further from the truth, but the Coin Rivet outlet jumped on the opportunity to libel the man for cheap clicks.

Ayre responded firmly, demanding their article be taken down and an apology issued, or a lawsuit would go forward. Coin Rivet later admitted all of the accusations against Ayre were untrue and paid damages, but that was too late for one of the girls involved: the dancer Elianna was jailed by Cuban authorities for damaging the reputation of the country.

Finding a Bitcoin gambling gem

There’s already lot of blockchain and Bitcoin based gambling sites, but they all take fairly similar approaches to traditional gambling. Phun.io, a Bitcoin SV based game, brought something totally new to the world and put it on the only blockchain that scales: a crash game.

The concept is easy enough to understand. It’s like a game of chicken, where players compete against each other and the house, everyone wanting to cash-out their winning before the game crashes. Everyone can win 99% of the time by cashing out almost immediately, but the real money is found in trying to cash-out just moments before the game ends and collecting on the highest multiplier.

Bitcoin comes to billiards

Calvin Ayre wouldn’t be the Bitcoin ambassador that he is without spotting great opportunities for marketing the technology. He did just that in August, when he signed a deal with the International Professional Pool Association (IPA) for a Bitcoin SV sponsorship.

The deal called for a 45 hour televised league of pool playing, all branded with Bitcoin SV. The advantages for both sides is pretty clear: Bitcoin gets put infront of a potential audience of millions and could grow adoption, and the IPA gets a reliable sponsor willing to fund their streams.

Becky gives a gift to CalvinAyre readers

There were few days as special to the CalvinAyre.com family this year as September 12, when our own Becky Liggero became Becky Liggero Fontana. To celebrate the special day, Becky gave the gift of Bitcoin.

She didn’t actually give out Bitcoin, we should note, but she did help us all understand a bit better what Bitcoin should really be about: “it is about development on the blockchain, it is about scaling, it is about micro-transactions, instant transactions, low fees, innovative applications, smart contracts…all which can be done with BSV.”