On January 3, 2009, a person or group of people under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto launched the major Bitcoin network by mining a genesis block with 50 BTC.
Its hash contains the title of the article ‘Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks’ British edition of The Times.
Shortly before the network’s launch on October 31, 2008, it was released White paper bitcoins.
The first transaction took place on January 12, 2009: Satoshi Nakamoto sent 10 BTC to Hal Finney. Three days earlier, version 0.1 of the Bitcoin software was released.
Nakamoto’s identity and the motivations for the creation of bitcoins still remain a mystery that is being tried to unravel in the crypto community and beyond.
One of the probable reasons for the creation of bitcoin was the global financial crisis that erupted in 2007-2008, accompanied by the collapse of the largest investment banks, a widespread decline in production, falling demand and prices for raw materials, rising unemployment and active state intervention in the economy.
In November 2021, the first cryptocurrency updated the high at $69,000. At the time of writing, digital gold is trading about $16,74075.8% less AT extension. The market capitalization of the market leader is $321.8 billion.
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