Bitcoin is a mysterious creation by whoever hides behind the name Satoshi Nakamoto. It was conceived in 2008, during a financial crisis, when governments demonstrated how they would use taxpayer money to bail out reckless banks that packaged junk loans with prime ones and called them safe. Digital currency wasn’t entirely new; there were earlier attempts like eCash, but Bitcoin was different because it was fully decentralized, removing control from a single entity like big banks and governments. It's clear that Bitcoin rose from the ashes of a financial crisis to give power back to the people.