💰 16 years since the launch of the #Bitcoin network!
On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin mainnet by mining the very first block (the genesis block) by sending 50 BTC.
The hash of this block contains a message left by Satoshi - the headline of a Times article, "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks."
The article discussed how UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is being forced to consider new measures to rescue banks amid the economic crisis.