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Bitcoin Still Needs 104 Years To Catch Up With NYC Subway

07 May Bitcoin Still Needs 104 Years To Catch Up With NYC Subway

Posted at 21:51h in Bitcoin News by

Despite zero downtime since its inception, Bitcoin (BTC), still has some catching up to do with New York City’s subway system.

May 6 2020 was the first time in its 115-year history that New York City purposely shut off its main transportation artery. The downtime will allow workers to deep clean all transit cars in an effort prevent further spread of COVID-19.

Subway Map Of Bitcoin Forks. Source: Bitcoin Magazine

Meanwhile, Bitcoin has been clogging along without any interruptions since its genesis block. Mined on January 3 2009, the genesis block held the now-famous coinbase transaction: 

“The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”.

Bitcoin — unintended fork

That is not to say that Bitcoin has never had any hiccups. Perhaps, the most notable technical glitch in its history came in 2013 when an upgrade to the new version of Bitcoin Core software caused a blockchain fork — where a chain split into two. Miners who had upgraded to the newer version of…

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