BitcoinSV

# Global Infrastructure On The Original
Bitcoin Blockchain

Discover how Bitcoin SV (BSV) has delivered Satoshiâs vision of One Global Bitcoin blockchain. Itâs fast, scalable, transformative, efficient, and regulation-friendly (thus stable), setting many records along the way. BSV is a truly powerful blockchain.

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Intro to BSV

# The Timeline

#### 8th January 2009

#### Bitcoin white paper released

The vision for what Bitcoin is was outlined by its inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, in the white paper entitled âBitcoin: A Peer to Peer Electronic Cash Systemâ. Four months later the first open source Bitcoin client software is released.

#### August 1st, 2017

#### BCH remains as Bitcoin, BTC forks away

âSegregated Witnessâ or SegWit, was designed to remove the tracing capabilities of Bitcoin allowing the introduction of off-chain, opaque exchange solutions such as the Lightning Network. The introduction of this broke Bitcoinâs original protocol and clearly renders BTC as non-Bitcoin compliant and intentionally ineffective.

#### November 15th, 2018

#### BSV remains as Bitcoin, BCH forks away

Bitcoin SV (BSV) becomes the new ticker symbol for the original Bitcoin Protocol when BCH decided to divert from Bitcoinâs white paper, introduce non-Bitcoin compliant features which included introducing anonymity that hinders government and financial regulation. This is why itâs considered Bitcoinâs Independence Day.

#### February 2020

#### Genesis Upgrade

The Genesis upgrade restored the original Bitcoin Protocol as closely as possible to Satoshiâs original design, locking it down to create stability for developers and enterprises to build upon. Unbounded scaling returned, as did the original Bitcoin script language that allows developers to build on-chain applications easier.

#### 2022 onwards

#### Bitcoin sets numerous World Records

Numerous world records have now been set on Bitcoinâs original protocol including regularly surpassing millions of transactions a day, the largest blocks (+4GB), largest NFT (1GB) and the lowest environmental impact of any proof-of-work (POW) chain.

#### 31st July 2023

#### Unifying the BitcoinSV brands under BSVblockchain

The BitcoinSV brands have been unified under the BSVblockchain umbrella, streamlining their approach and providing a clear, cohesive identity for the project.