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Event June 12, 2017 Added September 18, 2026 Updated November 9, 2026 Analysis

The Flippening — The Week Ethereum Reached 85% of Bitcoin's Market Cap

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto, Vitalik Buterin

CoinMarketCap recorded Ethereum's market cap at roughly 85% of Bitcoin's on June 12, 2017 — the closest 'the flippening' ever came to happening, before both fell back.

Event July 26, 2026 Added July 26, 2026 Updated November 9, 2026 Analysis

Are altcoins built to go up in value? Checking twelve design documents

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Vitalik Buterin, Charlie Lee, Charles Hoskinson, Anatoly Yakovenko, Jeremy Allaire, Riccardo Spagni, Jed McCaleb, Jackson Palmer, Donald Trump

Twelve chains, compared by what each one's issuance rule decides about the price of a single unit, and what it leaves undecided.

Event October 31, 2008 Added May 25, 2026 Updated November 9, 2026 Analysis

Bitcoin's 21 million cap vs adjustable money — Wei Dai's regret, the fiat baseline, and 15 years of cryptocurrency monetary design

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto, Wei Dai, Adam Back, Vitalik Buterin

Bitcoin chose a hard 21M cap; b-money (1998) proposed elastic supply; fiat runs central-bank discretion. The cypherpunk debate, Wei Dai's 2013 regret, and 15 years of cryptocurrency variants.

Event October 31, 2008 Added May 6, 2026 Updated November 9, 2026 Analysis

Bitcoin's family tree: forks, altcoins, and the mainline Bitcoin that endured

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto, Mike Hearn, Gavin Andresen, Amaury Séchet, Craig Wright, Jihan Wu, Mike Belshe, Roger Ver, Vitalik Buterin

Genealogy of every Bitcoin protocol fork that left a separate chain alive (Bitcoin Cash, SV, Gold) and the adjacent cryptocurrencies derived from Bitcoin (Namecoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin).