In 2008, in the midst of a global financial crisis, a person or group known as Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System." This document detailed a digital money system that operated without intermediaries, using a technology called blockchain to ensure the security and transparency of transactions. In January 2009, Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin software and mined the first block, known as the "genesis block."

Bitcoin introduced the concept of a decentralized and scarce currency, based on cryptography, which inspired the creation of many other cryptocurrencies and the evolution of blockchain technology in various fields, from finance to supply chain and beyond.