# Opening {% embed url="" %} The world began to recognize Cryptocurrency or Crypto Assets after Satoshi Nakamoto used blockchain technology to create Bitcoin in 2009. The price movement of Bitcoin in 2013 brought about significant changes, sparking debates across countries, needs, and interests. Prohibitions on the use of Bitcoin started to emerge from world leaders, until some countries eventually realized that harnessing blockchain technology could bring substantial benefits to global technological growth. The evolution of Bitcoin from 2009 onwards caught the attention of many cryptocurrency pioneers. One of them, Vitalik Buterin, utilized blockchain technology with a different method, launching Ethereum on July 30, 2015. Interestingly, Ethereum was born by leveraging funds collected from individuals and groups who agreed to support the creation of a new DIGITAL ASSET. This approach, now known as Initial Coin Offering (ICO), offered the best technology at that time and successfully became one of the giants in the cryptocurrency/crypto asset space. Subsequently, numerous Cryptocurrencies/Crypto Assets emerged from various parts of the world, including TRON (TRX). In 2017, a young individual named Justin Sun created the TRC20 technology with a Staking Program Similar to Determine algorithm. This development prompted the developers of Degree Crypto Token (DCT) to create a Cryptocurrency or Crypto Asset capable of competing in the international market. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://degree-crypto-token.gitbook.io/whitepaper-degree-crypto-token-v.1.3/opening.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.