On This Day in History: 17 Years Ago, Satoshi Nakamoto Released Bitcoin v0.1 Alpha
2026-01-17 12:37
Odaily News On this day 17 years ago, January 17, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto released the first version of the Bitcoin client v0.1, namely: Bitcoin v0.1 Alpha, which allowed anyone to start their own node from any computer.
It is reported that the source code for Bitcoin version 0.1.0 also included an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client, designed to create a simpler method for message bootstrapping. Furthermore, it contained a framework for creating a virtual poker game. This game framework was added to the Bitcoin codebase on April 16, 2008, and was completely removed after Bitcoin version 0.8.2.
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