Bitcoin Bitcoin’s remarkable growth in value is a curious story. Launched in March 2009 worth $0, Bitcoin reached parity with the dollar in September 2011. In November last year it peaked in value at over $60,000 and at the time of writing its worth has collapsed to around $20,000. But behind all the hype and bluster is the questions of how this value emerged from nothing. And how its founding members were able to keep this growth on track without being tempted to exploit this value for themselves. In its early days, Bitcoin was particularly vulnerable to a kind of […]