anniversary, forum members could submit and vote on captions for notable historical posts. Here are all of the top captions:
Caption | Post date (UTC) | Post score | Caption score |
I AM HODLING | 2013-12-18 10:03:03 | 2215.76 | 1144.22 |
10,000 BTC for two Pizza's | 2010-05-18 00:35:20 | 2186.51 | 805.63 |
Satoshi announcing the creation of this forum | 2009-11-22 18:04:28 | 1626.99 | 952.88 |
Satoshi's lesson | 2019-01-03 03:51:55 | 1174.00 | 727.98 |
Satoshi has no time to explain | 2010-07-29 02:00:38 | 1098.49 | 364.22 |
Heart warming story from Hal Finney | 2013-03-19 20:40:02 | 1078.16 | 718.47 |
Forum moved to Bitcointalk.org domain | 2011-08-01 07:07:34 | 855.28 | 563.68 |
The infamous pizza | 2010-05-22 19:17:26 | 834.79 | 389.17 |
The Wall Observer Thread | 2013-04-16 22:32:22 | 794.69 | 566.23 |
Gavin announces he will visit the CIA | 2011-04-27 19:00:26 | 793.24 | 605.27 |
First Bitcoin Faucet | 2010-06-11 17:38:45 | 772.33 | 787.91 |
Satoshi's email gets compromised | 2014-09-08 21:06:34 | 739.52 | 577.21 |
Satoshi predicts Bitcoin's future transaction volume | 2010-02-14 15:52:23 | 672.47 | 638.23 |
Satoshi's input on Wikileaks accepting Bitcoin | 2010-12-11 23:39:16 | 663.51 | 578.40 |
Theymos Vs KYC | 2018-03-11 01:29:15 | 635.96 | 527.18 |
Satoshi explains 8 decimals. Such sense of foresight! | 2010-02-06 23:25:53 | 627.87 | 297.84 |
Satoshi welcomes lost coins as donations to every Bitcoin user | 2010-06-21 17:48:26 | 615.82 | 448.35 |
First Alternate Cryptocurrency | 2011-04-18 00:52:59 | 594.10 | 308.38 |
"This is not the kind of software where we can leave so many unresolved bugs that we need a tracker for them" | 2010-09-19 19:58:11 | 562.83 | 129.68 |
Bitcointalk trolls, dysfunction and all out flame wars. Guide to the scandals. | 2018-07-24 09:06:42 | 552.89 | 233.46 |
Trust system added! | 2013-05-21 11:23:33 | 551.77 | 530.82 |
Satoshi designs new logo and Bitcoin symbol graphic | 2010-02-24 21:24:23 | 540.12 | 474.62 |
Bitcointalk history of hacks and vandalism. | 2018-06-02 09:43:13 | 491.45 | 668.40 |
Hal Finney talks about "Bitcoin Banks" | 2010-12-30 01:38:40 | 491.16 | 436.64 |
First Exchange | 2009-12-14 14:46:37 | 471.96 | 229.15 |
Cøbra: "this forum will be in the history books" | 2019-04-09 00:03:45 | 465.52 | 490.63 |
Satoshi admits he's a wet blanket | 2010-07-05 21:31:14 | 460.80 | 544.62 |
New Bitcoin Exchange (mtgox.com) | 2010-07-18 01:57:19 | 458.71 | 242.08 |
Bitcointalk.org starts using SegWit for payments | 2018-03-04 04:34:54 | 437.89 | 474.04 |
Merit & new rank requirements | 2018-01-24 23:00:11 | 433.87 | 92.31 |
Theymos the newbie! | 2010-02-10 18:31:40 | 380.60 | 348.34 |
Satoshi about sidechains and BitDNS | 2010-12-09 22:46:50 | 372.44 | 285.38 |
Bitcointalk's Satoshi Founder 1st Post | 2010-12-08 20:21:49 | 365.70 | 226.81 |
Bitcoin foundation announcement | 2012-09-27 10:18:51 | 365.34 | 374.54 |
I am pretty confident we are the new wealthy elite, gentlemen. | 2011-06-05 03:50:32 | 357.63 | 163.14 |
Theymos talks about the 2013 attack on the forum | 2013-10-07 05:18:33 | 348.80 | 387.59 |
Bitcointalk 2018 april fools | 2018-04-01 05:30:16 | 347.42 | 446.99 |
First Real world transaction using bitcoin took place between NewLibertyStandard and BitcoinFX for Stamps | 2017-03-11 20:33:35 | 341.23 | 272.50 |
Activity feature implemented | 2013-06-18 20:44:42 | 339.92 | 220.80 |
World's First Bitcoin Lawsuit - Cartmell v. Bitcoinica | 2012-08-08 06:21:14 | 337.34 | 390.24 |
First Bitcoin Inflation Bug | 2010-08-15 18:08:49 | 331.06 | 207.94 |
The BTC acronym | 2010-02-05 01:48:53 | 325.75 | 348.80 |
Forum trustees & community council members | 2013-03-19 18:26:37 | 324.03 | 328.05 |
The first ever physical bitcoin. | 2011-05-09 13:03:33 | 322.73 | 225.44 |
@johoe return 870 BTC to the owners | 2014-12-10 00:57:10 | 319.59 | 453.22 |
Bitcointalk 2019 april fools | 2019-03-24 23:50:48 | 314.77 | 467.90 |
Initial new forum software specifications proposal | 2011-09-23 09:19:39 | 313.74 | 248.87 |
First Bitcoin Escrow Service | 2010-07-12 12:13:05 | 294.74 | 303.44 |
Forum funds will be put back into the forum | 2013-03-19 18:23:02 | 287.64 | 289.65 |
How Ray Dillinger, Hal Finney & Satoshi Nakamoto defined the "satoshi" | 2014-10-12 03:28:14 | 284.28 | 256.25 |
Bitcointalk courses proposal | 2018-07-06 05:12:37 | 260.15 | 148.01 |
The most iconic bitcointalk threads. History on Bitcointalk. | 2018-05-28 08:56:04 | 259.70 | 164.16 |
Bitcoin is not designed to be used for microtransactions | 2010-08-04 16:25:36 | 251.54 | 186.08 |
Bitcoin Prehistory | 2019-03-31 15:54:42 | 244.87 | 198.62 |
It's nice how anyone with just a CPU can compete fairly equally right now. | 2009-12-12 17:52:44 | 236.97 | 214.64 |
Ignore feature implemented | 2011-08-28 22:50:12 | 228.26 | 371.39 |
Forum donations announced | 2011-08-19 08:29:22 | 220.80 | 369.74 |
BTC tag implemented | 2012-06-20 04:19:22 | 213.68 | 344.42 |
The first ever ICO | 2013-07-31 18:53:54 | 204.51 | 211.78 |
The Satoshi Codebase | 2018-11-28 16:45:12 | 195.54 | 163.64 |
New forum software development begins | 2014-03-20 02:18:26 | 188.92 | 276.07 |
MtGox was run horribly, but has a major positive impact on bitcoin's early days | 2013-04-18 10:27:00 | 188.68 | 179.18 |
Bitcoin seasteading? | 2017-11-17 17:59:36 | 187.21 | 233.06 |
Bitcoin expert & developer badges added! | 2013-12-31 06:55:38 | 185.30 | 176.26 |
Block To The Future | 2010-07-29 01:16:23 | 183.73 | 87.75 |
Theymos Vs EUSSR | 2017-05-12 16:42:12 | 180.03 | 415.52 |
theymos uses his trolling experience from 4chan to develop a coding system | 2017-11-10 11:37:11 | 171.48 | 45.39 |
Grin becomes the first altcoin accepted for forum payments | 2019-01-17 02:36:30 | 157.04 | 406.30 |
Mining equipment scams, shams and failed deliveries. | 2018-07-18 10:16:34 | 154.60 | 85.79 |
Bitcointalk history of MtGox and how a Bitcointalk post caught the MtGox hacker. | 2018-06-03 12:44:34 | 151.77 | 131.88 |
Wall Observer - MtGoxUSD wall movement tracker | 2012-06-06 01:01:50 | 142.76 | 106.03 |
The "Honeymoon hack" and the pure generosity of the BitcoinTalk Community | 2014-06-20 12:10:39 | 138.10 | 72.39 |
Default Trust changed (2019 edition) | 2019-01-09 18:03:26 | 138.09 | 212.66 |
Bitcointalk moves to Cloudflare | 2017-11-29 20:07:39 | 135.52 | 308.77 |
Theymos creates Bitcoin Block Explorer | 2010-11-10 02:33:29 | 133.16 | 115.25 |
Newbie restrictions implemented | 2011-06-12 19:47:18 | 125.12 | 288.58 |
Silk road and Bitcointalk. How it played a role in its rise and fall. | 2018-06-08 11:50:07 | 124.47 | 94.70 |
[EDU] The Rule of "No Collateral, No Loan" - IGNORE AT YOUR OWN RISK! | 2014-04-20 18:03:16 | 120.78 | 165.76 |
BFL subpoena | 2015-04-17 05:36:49 | 119.67 | 150.66 |
Forum finances (2011-2013) | 2014-09-13 02:00:14 | 119.62 | 166.66 |
Input.io Lost 4000 Bitcoins - Hot wallet Hack | 2013-11-08 18:03:54 | 119.54 | 200.21 |
Silk Road: anonymous marketplace. Feedback requested | 2011-03-01 00:26:38 | 119.31 | 142.13 |
The Bitcointalk 10 BTC Donators - where are they now ? | 2018-06-07 10:47:50 | 118.40 | 164.40 |
My bank account's got robbed by European Commission. Over 700k is lost. | 2013-03-28 18:00:15 | 117.90 | 47.53 |
List of languages top gambling sites are coded in | 2014-09-22 20:59:54 | 108.15 | 137.08 |
Serious discussion & Ivory Tower added as an attempt to increase quality discussion | 2018-01-09 19:08:39 | 107.11 | 275.72 |
The Cypherpunks and Bitcoin. The years before bitcointalk. | 2018-05-30 02:26:57 | 105.57 | 139.34 |
[Overview] The one thread to link them all | 2015-10-22 07:09:59 | 104.31 | 86.40 |
The inventor of investor casinos, and dooglus just-dice had 50,000 bitcoins at the peak | 2013-06-25 21:46:35 | 103.46 | 165.21 |
Bitcoin anonymity | 2010-07-07 16:54:44 | 98.69 | 154.88 |
Altcoin - The birth of Litecoin October 2011 | 2011-10-09 06:14:28 | 97.01 | 169.58 |
Calling out the Bitcoin Foundation Scam. | 2014-03-03 08:37:03 | 96.81 | 74.72 |
Casascius coins announced - a simple car wash token that taught countless through physical representation | 2011-08-19 05:21:00 | 96.01 | 89.40 |
knightmb on bitcointalk - from 371,067.36 BTC to Mitt Romney extortion. | 2018-06-26 10:46:17 | 93.82 | 124.20 |
Bitcoin Savings and Trust and Pirateat40 on Bitcointalk (PONZI) | 2018-06-13 10:14:44 | 93.37 | 32.41 |
The Bitcointalk 50 BTC VIP club. Where are they now ? Complete list. | 2018-06-06 06:59:01 | 92.90 | 119.68 |
Early Blocksize Debate; 20MB blocks? (circa 2015) | 2015-01-30 20:47:27 | 91.72 | 175.05 |
Gold collapsing. Bitcoin UP. | 2012-03-13 19:36:55 | 89.58 | 113.28 |
[ANN Mt.Gox] Hi everyone, just a quick update on the situation and what happened | 2013-04-11 04:20:37 | 87.07 | 33.88 |
Historic Advertise on this forum - Round 1 | 2011-09-28 21:32:23 | 81.82 | 197.85 |
First ever physical bitcoin representation - a segway to BitBills and Casascius | 2010-12-30 16:39:26 | 77.75 | 166.19 |
Deterministic wallets | 2011-06-18 21:27:29 | 76.02 | 107.01 |
Bitcoin Dream | 2019-07-07 16:12:33 | 73.91 | 157.48 |
In an alternative universe pooled mining wasn't a source of centralization | 2011-06-17 11:14:22 | 72.84 | 98.69 |
[overview] LoyceV's useful data on Bitcointalk | 2019-05-21 07:55:10 | 72.70 | 125.49 |
Bitcoiner outwits Royal Thai Navy | 2019-04-19 11:53:16 | 71.02 | 99.94 |
Zhoutong's absurd tall tale and why you shouldn't to business with CoinJar | 2012-07-26 11:55:51 | 65.34 | 82.27 |
pizza Laszlo has a few questions | 2010-04-14 16:57:22 | 65.33 | 106.13 |
Theymos' willingness to cooperate with police on real scams | 2014-12-06 18:03:41 | 62.80 | 116.28 |
Satoshi comment on BitcoinDotCom | 2010-03-23 15:22:41 | 61.98 | 61.98 |
Trust system undergoes 3rd change in history | 2015-05-20 18:23:29 | 58.35 | 155.74 |
Roger Ver (ab)using server access at blockchain.info to dox someone over a $50 dispute | 2012-12-19 10:14:12 | 56.85 | 88.17 |
[NSFW] World's First Bitcoin Tattoo | 2011-07-11 20:17:54 | 56.40 | 91.97 |
Gavin gives talk on Bitcoin | 2011-03-20 01:38:08 | 55.94 | 69.03 |
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto ? Suspects, frauds and conspiracies on bitcointalk | 2018-05-30 08:31:28 | 55.07 | 116.67 |
$236 - What BS - Selling OUT today! | 2013-04-09 19:16:46 | 48.84 | 137.90 |
Money creation system - is bitcoin creation resistant? | 2019-01-07 10:15:08 | 48.83 | 187.45 |
Newbie welcome video | 2019-10-18 22:06:01 | 47.28 | 30.58 |
Pirate PMs to be released discussion | 2012-11-05 17:52:44 | 47.06 | 60.14 |
Reporters Badge | 2018-07-25 16:03:18 | 45.21 | 176.32 |
BFL calling "loyal" customers (from +1-866-723-3108) | 2013-11-05 19:55:28 | 41.73 | 94.04 |
Bitcointalk.org recieves subpoena | 2014-12-03 02:24:50 | 38.99 | 92.48 |
She's not for sale... But her fur is! Only BTC0.01. Absolutely no cloning! | 2016-01-19 17:04:29 | 37.35 | 26.86 |
Blizzard DMCA takedown to Google effects Bitcointalk.org | 2014-05-23 01:50:31 | 35.42 | 33.84 |
Is the Earth Flat? Hint: No (some people disagree) | 2015-04-01 06:58:12 | 34.16 | 203.72 |
TAAA stole my Giraffe and gave me campylobacter. UNDENIABLE truth. | 2019-11-10 09:27:12 | 33.99 | 61.37 |
ITT we pretend its 1996 | 2013-11-15 00:21:20 | 32.63 | 76.33 |
Decentralized Bitcoin scratch off cards discussion | 2010-10-20 03:55:18 | 29.96 | 43.04 |
Forum admin vs Gandhi | 2011-09-07 05:01:28 | 27.42 | 80.28 |
Keep your role to build a decent forum. | 2018-09-26 21:08:32 | 23.54 | 64.78 |
2012 forum dump of posts | 2012-04-03 20:10:58 | 21.70 | 83.68 |
5 Resources to teach the Average Joe about Bitcoin. | 2019-06-21 09:02:39 | 12.98 | 50.23 |
Some useful tools for find scam / fake ICO team | 2018-07-02 17:47:14 | 11.51 | 160.32 |
Here are highly-rated-but-not-top-rated captions for posts already appearing above:
Thanks to everyone who participated! If you voted in this event, you received 1 merit; if your caption appeared in the first table above, you also received 10, and if your caption appeared only in the second table above, you also received 2.