In 2009 a quiet block slid into place and split history. The Bitcoin genesis block was not merely data; it was a declaration that trust could be engineered, scarcity could be digital, and money could exist without permission. From that single spark, an entire cosmos formed—altcoins, smart-contract platforms, privacy layers, DeFi markets, NFTs, DAOs, rollups, and data-availability networks. This is the story of how Bitcoin begets altcoins, and how those descendants are shaping a future that is brighter, fairer, and radically transparent.
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