đ„łHappy birthday, Bitcoin!
Exactly 15 years ago, on January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin blockchain by mining a genesis block that generated 50 bitcoins.
Its hash is partly made up of the text "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks".
That's the headline of an article in the British edition of The Times. The article was about how UK Finance Minister Alistair Darling is being forced to consider new measures to rescue banks amid the economic crisis.
