[Today in History: 17th Anniversary of the Bitcoin Whitepaper Release] BlockBeats News: On October 31, it marks the 17th anniversary since Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper, *Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System*, on the P2P Foundation website. The Bitcoin network was officially launched on January 3, 2009, with Bitcoin's initial trading price at $0.0008. According to HTX market data, the current price of Bitcoin is $109,828, with a total market capitalization of $2.18 trillion.