Historical archive · 2012 · 4 briefings
4 original, source-linked historical crypto briefings published in 2012.
Bitcoin · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 27, 2012
BIP 21 specifies a URI format for bitcoin payment links, including an address and optional amount or label fields.
Read the briefing →Bitcoin · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 27, 2012
BIP 32 describes deriving many public and private keys from a master seed through a structured hierarchy.
Read the briefing →Bitcoin · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 28, 2012
The 2012 block-subsidy reduction was the first live test of Bitcoin’s rule that new issuance declines at fixed block intervals.
Read the briefing →Bitcoin · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 25, 2012
At block 210,000, Bitcoin’s block subsidy fell from 50 BTC to 25 BTC under the protocol’s programmed issuance schedule.
Read the briefing →The archived publication dates for these retrospectives fall in 2012.