Bitcoin Genesis Block Celebrates 17th Anniversary
2026-01-03 12:01
Odaily News According to Odaily, it has been 17 years since Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin's Genesis Block #0 on a small server in Helsinki, Finland, on January 3, 2009.
In the CoinBase data of the genesis block, Satoshi Nakamoto recorded the front-page headline of The Times from that day: "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks." The block contained only one transaction, with a block reward of 50 BTC.
