It was Bitcoinblog.de – the blog for Bitcoin and other virtual currencies
But everything comes to an end, even the good things. Christoph Bergmann is finishing his shift, and Bitcoinblog.de will pause for the time being.
About 550,000 blocks ago, I started running Bitcoinblog.de. 550,000 blocks, three halvings, three bear markets, tens of thousands of shitcoins…
Bitcoin and everything that has arisen around it—this explosive, crazy, innovative, much-too-fast market, permeated by both scams and genius—has also become my own story. There’s no other way to put it. Day and night, I scoured social media and newsletters in search of stories for the blog. I have lived and breathed Bitcoin and crypto.
During these last 550,000 blocks, I have been privileged to learn an incredible amount—about cryptography and software, the international monetary system and financial markets, regulation, money laundering, the darknet, electricity supply, and much more. Bitcoin and crypto gave me the opportunity to dive into countries like Venezuela and Iran, Nigeria and El Salvador, Suriname, Bhutan, and others.
There was so much I learned for you, dear readers, but also from you. It was an enormous stroke of luck to have found this job. With Bitcoin.de, I had a wonderful sponsor who granted me complete editorial freedom. I had amazing, intelligent, polite readers, access to a community full of interesting and enthusiastic people, and a topic that still inspires me after 550,000 blocks.
Nevertheless, the time eventually comes to move on. As a writer, you shouldn’t stick to one topic for too long, otherwise, you might never break free. That’s why it’s time for me to let go. Every well is eventually depleted, so I must pack up my tent and search for a new oasis where I can pitch it again.
Where this new oasis will be, I don’t know yet. I have some ideas, and in any case, I will continue publishing. If you want to keep reading my work, you can follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn or join my Telegram channel. The best option is probably to subscribe to my newsletter, which is named after the traditional German miners’ farewell at the end of a shift: Good luck!
