The history of Steemit is intertwined with the history (and future) of BitShares.  My original [The Origin of BitShares](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182299.html#msg182299) series ended poetically with our developers riding off into the sunset in search of Satoshi Nakamoto.    
<center>![BitShares developers ride off into the Steemit sunrise](https://i.gyazo.com/11e75b61ae2077fd777718045755021e.png) </center> 
<center>**...or was that the Steemit Sunrise?**</center>
If you are new to BitShares (or have been away for a while) and have questions about where it came from and where it's going, then this new series is for you!   The original series covered the first 18 months of our history ending in February 2015.  Now another 18 months have passed and it's time to extend the series, especially for all the new Steemians who are just discovering it.  

<center>**We have to hurry before the _next_ 18 months dawns ...this summer.**</center> 

Here's a quick recap of our first 18 months.  

[Part 1   - It Began with ProtoShares](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182300.html#msg182300) 
[Part 2   - The Death of Mining](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182301.html#msg182301) 
[Part 3   - The Ideal Mining Pool](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182302.html#msg182302) 
[Part 4   - AngelShares and Virtual Mining](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182303.html#msg182303) 
[Part 5   - POW to POS to TaPOS to DPOS!](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182304.html#msg182304) 
[Part 6   - Sharedrops and Snapshots](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182305.html#msg182305) 
[Part 7   - BitShares Sharedrop Theory](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182306.html#msg182306) 
[Part 8   - Experimenting and Pivoting](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182307.html#msg182307) 
[Part 9   - What is a SuperDAC?](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182308.html#msg182308) 
[Part 10 - BitShares Unleashed](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.msg182310.html#msg182310)  

In my next post, the glorious history of our second 18 months will continue with...
  
**Part 11 - "It is very cold in space"**  

<center>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vwHLMs04XA </center>
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[The Origin of BitShares](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,14019.0.html) 
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