On 3 January 2009, the #Bitcoin network launched with the mining of its first block, known as the #GenesisBlock
Embedded in that block was a headline from #TheTimes newspaper:
βChancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.β
The message permanently anchors Bitcoinβs 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 #GenesisBlockDay !! π§‘