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01-03-2018, 08:15 PM
Happy 9th birthday, Bitcoin!
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Exactly nine years ago, on Jan. 3, 2009, the first block in Bitcoin's blockchain was mined.*
Called the genesis block (https://blockchain.info/block-index/14849), this block contains 50 bitcoins and was likely mined by Bitcoin's elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto (http://mashable.com/2017/12/12/bitcoin-satoshi-trillionaire/).*
SEE ALSO: Bitcoin tycoon promises to give away $86 million worth of bitcoins to charity (http://mashable.com/2017/12/14/bitcoin-charity/)
Looking at details (https://blockchain.info/block-index/14849) of the event won't tell you much if you're not a cryptocurrency buff, but this was a time when Bitcoin was worth absolutely nothing, and you could mine it (that is, make new bitcoins) on your home PC.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/03/bitcoin-birthday/)
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Exactly nine years ago, on Jan. 3, 2009, the first block in Bitcoin's blockchain was mined.*
Called the genesis block (https://blockchain.info/block-index/14849), this block contains 50 bitcoins and was likely mined by Bitcoin's elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto (http://mashable.com/2017/12/12/bitcoin-satoshi-trillionaire/).*
SEE ALSO: Bitcoin tycoon promises to give away $86 million worth of bitcoins to charity (http://mashable.com/2017/12/14/bitcoin-charity/)
Looking at details (https://blockchain.info/block-index/14849) of the event won't tell you much if you're not a cryptocurrency buff, but this was a time when Bitcoin was worth absolutely nothing, and you could mine it (that is, make new bitcoins) on your home PC.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/03/bitcoin-birthday/)
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