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Learning & News => News related to Crypto => Topic started by: waybesuricata on January 09, 2021, 04:56:48 PM
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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 transferred. So, the first block, or #1, was mined on Jan. 9, putting a true start to the network as it is known today.
Continuation of the article and source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-turning-12-from-the-genesis-block-to-wall-street-adoption