AMA: BTCS, The Oldest Publicly Traded Blockchain Company

We’re BTCS Inc., the first publicly traded blockchain company since 2014. Over the past decade, we’ve evolved alongside the crypto industry itself, often a step ahead of it.

BTCS began as BitcoinShop, an early e-commerce platform that allowed people to buy real-world goods using Bitcoin when that concept was still novel. As the ecosystem matured, we pivoted into Bitcoin mining, becoming the first publicly traded Bitcoin miner.

As blockchains transitioned from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, BTCS evolved into an Ethereum-focused blockchain technology company, operating core infrastructure and capital strategies native to the Ethereum ecosystem.

Today, our business is centered entirely on Ethereum and the Ethereum economy. Our core operations span three verticals:

• Validator Node Operations (NodeOps)
• Block Building (Builder+)
• On-chain DeFi Operations (Imperium)

Over the years, BTCS has also been a first mover in several areas:

• One of the first public companies to tokenize its own equity (Series V Preferred Stock, 2023) on Ethereum’s blockchain.
• The first public company to issue a “Bividend” (blockchain dividend) — paid in Bitcoin (2022) and Ethereum (2025)
• The first public companies to access capital through decentralized finance borrowing and lending

CEO Charles Allen will be answering any questions you have.

AMA.

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