“What Event Was Cited as the Inspiration for the Creation of Bitcoin?” 2008 crash birth of digital currency
Let me tell you a story about broken trust. It’s 2008. I’m sitting in my college dorm, watching CNBC as Lehman Brothers collapse. My roommate’s dad, a mortgage broker, just lost his job. Meanwhile, headlines scream about bailouts for banks that gambled away billions and a UK bank called Northern Rock getting nationalized. The air…