18 years ago, a 9-page paper was born amid the financial crisis. The person who wrote it vanished 15 years ago. And now, it’s turning 18. 2009: The network went live; the first transaction went to Hal Finney. 2010: 10,000 coins exchanged for two pizzas. 2011: Price hit $1 for the first time; same year, Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared. 2012: First halving. 2013: Broke $1,000 for the first time. 2016: Second halving. 2017: Surpassed $10,000; CME launched Bitcoin futures. 2020: Third halving; Strategy began major purchases. 2021: Tesla invested $1.5 billion; El Salvador adopted it as legal tender; market cap surpassed $1 trillion for the first time. 2024: Spot ETFs launched; fourth halving; price reached $100,000. 2025: The U.S. established a strategic Bitcoin reserve; price hit a new high of $126,198. March 2026: The 20 millionth Bitcoin was mined; fewer than 1 million remain of the 21 million total supply. The founder has been absent for 15 years, yet the system has never stopped. This is what Bitcoin looks like at 18. $BTC