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On 3 January 2009, the Bitcoin network launched with the mining of its first block, known as the Genesis Block.
Embedded in that block was a headline from The Times newspaper:
“Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.”
The message permanently anchors Bitcoin’s origin to the global financial crisis and the policy responses of that period.
Seventeen years on, it still operates under the same core rules.
Happy Genesis Day.
Published at
2026-01-03 08:39:37 UTCEvent JSON
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