In 2010, Marek was already mining bitcoins on his own.
However, as the difficulty was increasing, mining on your own was becoming less profitable.
Let`s start from the beginning. Back in 2010...
However, as the difficulty was increasing, mining on your own was becoming less profitable.
Slush Pool, also formerly known as Bitcoin.cz Mining, is the oldest mining pool, and also the first known to be publicly available.Today, it is operated by Braiins.com
Marek's Slush Pool itself was a target of hackings and thefts. During the Linode hack, thousands of bitcoins were lost.A solution had to be found.
To create the solution for a secure and intuitive cryptocurrency storage, Marek met with Pavol. Alena joined the pair soon thereafter to work on this project together. Using an idea to isolate private keys to a separate environment, they agreed to create a few prototypes.
It was not pretty, nor was it for the masses. It was functional. It proved that this can be done.
Founded by Marek, Pavol, and Alena, SatoshiLabs was legally incorporated in 2013, to develop, manufacture, and deliver the world's original cryptocurrency hardware wallet.
They quickly became popular, fueled by the continuous development. In 2016, the first prototype of the next-generation model was unveiled, with the production Model Ts shipping in 2018.
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