Happy 16th birthday to Bitcoin! A legendary journey from the genesis block to a market value of 2 trillion!
On January 3, 2009, on a small server in Helsinki, Finland, Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin's genesis block Block #0. From that moment on, the decentralized future began to be written! The only transaction in the block rewarded 50 BTC and also made history: "The chancellor is on the brink of a second bailout for the banking industry" (The Times, 03/Jan/2009).
January 3, 2025 marks the 16th anniversary of Bitcoin's birth. In the past 16 years, Bitcoin has not only proved its value, but also allowed the world to witness its influence. At that time, Bitcoin was just a spark of hope for the new generation of cypherpunks, but now it has become a revolutionary force in the global financial order with a price of $100,000 and a market value of over $2 trillion.
And I am an ordinary person who is lucky enough to catch the cusp of the trend, like riding a rocket, taking off into the solar system. As the saying goes, "A pig standing on the wind will also take off." To be frank, I am the pig standing on the wind.
Although Bitcoin has been killed countless times in the past 16 years, when you look back and summarize every year, you will find that the price every year is much higher than last year. Things that are truly valuable are not afraid of being killed. Then in 2024, major financial institutions rushed to enter the market, Bitcoin ETFs came out, and a large amount of funds entered this field. I have to sigh that the true meaning of the saying that gold will always shine.
Now it has entered 2025, and what every coin holder should do is to hold the pie in his hand tightly and let the wind blow more fiercely. Happy 16th birthday to Bitcoin! ! !