Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin Magazine is one of the original news and print magazine publishers covering Bitcoin and digital currencies. Bitcoin Magazine began publishing in 2012. It was co-founded by Vitalik Buterin, Mihai Alisie and other members of the community.[1] It is currently owned and operated by BTC Inc in Nashville, Tennessee.[2]

Bitcoin Magazine
HeadquartersNashville, Tennessee,
United States
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerBTC Media LLC
Founder(s)Vitalik Buterin and Mihai Alisie
IndustryDigital Currency
URLbitcoinmagazine.com
LaunchedMay 2012

History

Vitalik Buterin became interested in bitcoin in 2011, and co-founded the periodical Bitcoin Magazine with Mihai Alisie, who asked him to join.[3][4] Alisie was living in Romania at the time and Buterin was writing for a blog. Buterin's writing captured the attention of Alisie, and they subsequently decided to start the magazine.[5] Buterin took the role of head writer as a side project while attending university.[5]

In 2012, Bitcoin Magazine began publishing a print edition, from its base in South Korea and has been referred to as the first serious publication dedicated to cryptocurrencies.[6] The magazine was mailed to subscribers worldwide, sold at Barnes & Noble, bookstores and published online.[7] Bitcoin magazine was the first magazine dedicated to cryptocurrency.[7]

The magazine was available in 2012 for $9 per month, although many of its articles were also available online for free.[8] Buterin noted he spent 10-20 hours per week writing for the publication.[9]

References
  1. Snyder, Benjamin (23 June 2017). "Meet Vitalik Buterin, the 23-year-old founder of bitcoin rival ethereum". CNBC. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. "Bitcoin Magazine". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  3. Finley, Klint (27 January 2014). "Out in the open: Teenage hacker transforms web into one giant Bitcoin network". Wired. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. del Castillo, Michael (24 September 2014). "Dark wallet: A radical way to Bitcoin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  5. Peck, Morgan (13 June 2016). "The Uncanny Mind That Built Ethereum". Wired. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. Vigna, Paul; Casey, Michael J. (2014). "Community". The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging ... Macmillan Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 978-1250065636.
  7. "BTC Media Acquires Bitcoin Magazine". Bitcoin Magazine. Coin Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  8. Nair, Malavika (11 November 2013). "Radical entrepreneurship in Bitcoin makes it the exemplar". FEE. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  9. Tapscott, Don (13 March 2017). "The Blockchain Revolution and Higher Education". EducaseReview. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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