Follow the decisions

Bitcoin is a chain of decisions, not a single date.

8 articles in this rubric.

One exchange showed that digital units could leave the screen and purchase a real result.

Miners abandoned the stronger branch to restore a compatible shared history.

A value-overflow bug created an impossible amount, and participants adopted repaired rules within hours.

Satoshi offered a foundation, Bitboy changed it, and a community decided through use which symbol would endure.

Why Satoshi asked WikiLeaks to wait—and why the episode does not prove the reason for his departure.

What The Times headline in the genesis block proves—and which meanings remain interpretation.

How P2SH moved complexity from sender to receiver, made multisig payments practical, and required careful activation.

Why mining uses substantial energy, how it can curtail quickly, and why that does not automatically make it helpful to every grid.