2026-01-03 13:20:53

January 3rd, this is a special day.

In the blink of an eye, 17 years have passed. From January 3, 2009, when Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block(Block #0) on a server in Helsinki, Finland, to today, it has been 17 years.

Interestingly, Satoshi Nakamoto did not treat this historic moment casually. In the Coinbase data of the genesis block, he deliberately embedded the front-page headline of The Times on that day. This detail may seem small, but it is meaningful—this is not only a technological breakthrough but also a declaration to the world: the birth of a new era.

From that small server to the current global distributed network, Bitcoin has rewritten the definition of finance in 17 years. This birthday is worth remembering.🎂

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RugPullAlertBot

· 01-06 09:59

Still criticizing after 17 years? Satoshi Nakamoto's move was truly brilliant, and embedding a newspaper headline was perfect in every detail.

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SingleForYears

· 01-05 23:05

Satoshi Nakamoto embedded The Times in the genesis block. This guy knew from the very beginning that he was up to something big, not just playing around.

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GasFeeLover

· 01-03 13:42

It's been 17 years. Who would have thought back when mining the Genesis block that it would turn out like this... Satoshi Nakamoto's approach was truly brilliant, embedding it into the headlines of The Times. This guy is making history.

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MoonMathMagic

· 01-03 13:39

Satoshi Nakamoto's move is really clever, directly embedding the newspaper, as if to say "I'm not just playing around." This detail really hit me hard.

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BlockDetective

· 01-03 13:27

Satoshi Nakamoto embedding the headline of The Times in the genesis block is truly ingenious, like signing it in history. Who would have thought this thing could last for 17 years?

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