Bitcoin’s Quirky Genesis Block Turns Eight Years Old Today
Today is the eighth anniversary of the bitcoin genesis block, and a lot has happened since the digital currency’s birth. The genesis block was the starting point for the bitcoin blockchain on its path to becoming a revolutionary network for peer-to-peer transfers of value. The Genesis Block. On January 3rd, 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto unleashed the genesis....
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13 years ago today, the anonymous creator of the Bitcoin protocol kickstarted the network by mining the genesis block. Satoshi started the genesis block on Saturday, January 3, 2009, at precisely 1:15 p.m. (EST), and since then more than 700,000 blocks have been mined into existence.
Kickstarting the Bitcoin Network
Today, bitcoiners and cryptocurrency advocates worldwide are celebrating the 13th anniversary of the Bitcoin network’s launch. On this day, 13 years ago, Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto launched the genesis block, otherwise known as “block....
It may seem difficult to take in, but bitcoin today turns five years of age. On January 3rd, 2009, the block chain was born, thus laying down the cornerstone of the bitcoin protocol as we know it. As bitcoin really only began to get noticed in 2013 (thanks to massive price peaks in April and then November), some may have reached the conclusion is was something brand-new. But that isn't the case. And so it was that the first block of the block chain - also known as the Genesis Block - came to be. Several days later, on the 9th of January, Satoshi Nakamoto released version 0.1 of the bitcoin....
On January 3rd, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of the Bitcoin blockchain. Eight years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin Whitepaper on October 31, 2008, ushering in the era of cryptocurrency. And if 2016 is any indication, digital age is here and now as proved by the recent bitcoin high over gold. After having released the Bitcoin whitepaper, On January 3rd, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of the Bitcoin blockchain, also known as Block 0 or the Genesis block. So today is Bitcoin’s Birthday or Genesis Day. Bitcoin has come a long way from the initial days....
Bitcoin is eight years old today, an incredible milestone in the money experiment known as Bitcoin and its long and arduous journey from ‘nerd money’ to smart money! Money ‘Experiment’ Known as Bitcoin Still Alive. Bitcoin’s blockchain has been growing ever since January 3, 2009 at 2:15PM EST, when the genesis block was created. In layman’s terms, Bitcoin is celebrating its eighth birthday today and it is currently wearing its $1,000 suit! A cause, not only to celebrate but also to look back and understand how the first and most popular cryptocurrency in the world came to be, and how it....
The Bitcoin network as we know it today officially kicked off exactly 12 years ago when Satoshi Nakamoto released the first software client. Satoshi Nakamoto, the unknown Bitcoin creator, released the first client network on this day 12 years ago, officially kickstarting what is perhaps the greatest monetary revolution of the 21st century. Six days prior, on Jan. 3, 2009, Satoshi mined the Genesis block, known as #0, coding it into the software. Unlike the subsequent blocks in the chain, the coin base reward from the Genesis block cannot be spent, as only publicly mined “coins” can be....