Happy Birthday Bitcoin!!
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Today is the 9th birthday or anniversary of the Bitcoin Genesis block initiated by Satoshi Nakamoto, the main anonymous creator of Bitcoin.
Genesis Block - the first Bitcoin block ever
The Genesis block is the true birth of Bitcoin and the whitepaper could be conception Bitcoins public inception. Is when Satoshi Nakamoto initiated the first block of the Bitcoin chain. More history about the Genesis block can be found on BitcoinWiki-Genesis Block.
Here is the Raw block data of the Genesis block:
00000000 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000020 00 00 00 00 3B A3 ED FD 7A 7B 12 B2 7A C7 2C 3E ....;£íýz{.²zÇ,>
00000030 67 76 8F 61 7F C8 1B C3 88 8A 51 32 3A 9F B8 AA gv.a.È.ÈŠQ2:Ÿ¸ª
00000040 4B 1E 5E 4A 29 AB 5F 49 FF FF 00 1D 1D AC 2B 7C K.^J)«Iÿÿ...¬+|
00000050 01 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000070 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 4D 04 FF FF 00 1D ......ÿÿÿÿM.ÿÿ..
00000080 01 04 45 54 68 65 20 54 69 6D 65 73 20 30 33 2F ..EThe Times 03/
00000090 4A 61 6E 2F 32 30 30 39 20 43 68 61 6E 63 65 6C Jan/2009 Chancel
000000A0 6C 6F 72 20 6F 6E 20 62 72 69 6E 6B 20 6F 66 20 lor on brink of
000000B0 73 65 63 6F 6E 64 20 62 61 69 6C 6F 75 74 20 66 second bailout f
000000C0 6F 72 20 62 61 6E 6B 73 FF FF FF FF 01 00 F2 05 or banksÿÿÿÿ..ò.
000000D0 2A 01 00 00 00 43 41 04 67 8A FD B0 FE 55 48 27 *....CA.gŠý°þUH'
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00000110 8A 4C 70 2B 6B F1 1D 5F AC 00 00 00 00 ŠLp+kñ.¬....
As you can see in the message on the right hand side "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"
The Bitcoin network specifically was created to combat inflation due to the debasing of fiat currencies around the world.
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--- OffToTheEther
I wish I would have followed the lead of Alex Jones and got in back in 2012 or 2013 when i first heard about it.
Everyone does, it isn't too late to diversify your investment portfolio. We can only learn from the past - we owe it to ourselves.
We are still in the early stages of cryptoassets - IMHO. Are you invested yet?
Not yet I am hoping that being up here can help me do so.
I wish I had invested $100 back then in Bitcoin. I would be super rich. haha
It wasn't actually available for purchase back then!
You were first able to buy BTC from New Liberty Standard on October 5th, 2009 and you could have purchased 130,903 Bitcoins for $100
Don't look back in a few years and say the same for the whole cryptosphere..
Source - BitcoinWiki
Definitely not. I am investing high on cryptos now.
I highly recommend the book Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond.
Oh great. Will definitely check.
@blacksavant ^^ that book is a great place to start.