🎉 Bitcoin's Genesis Block, Built 15 Years Ago Today!

🔗 Block 0 truly stands as Bitcoin's genesis block: there was nothing before it, and after it — the world of Bitcoin. Despite its pivotal role in blockchain history, it's atypical compared to all other Bitcoin blocks—it wasn't "mined," its coins in the coinbase cannot be "spent," and there were no other users except Satoshi Nakamoto.

🔍 Block #000001 initiated the familiar process we see every ten minutes, marking the day when the Bitcoin network became publicly accessible. However, the "Block of Being" appeared on January 3, 2009, six DAYS before Block #000001 (January 9). January 9 is the true “birthday” of Bitcoin.

🌐 During that six-day period, there was no Bitcoin network except the one in Dr. Craig Wright's garage farm in Banyule, New South Wales, and no transaction processors . The Genesis Block was manually created on Windows XP, and the network faced some difficulties before running again.

🎂 Today, the Genesis Block serves as the benchmark “anchor” used for setting up wallets and other software that verifies the entire blockchain.

💡 In 2019, a series of remarkable articles were published, explaining in detail the prehistory of the Block of Being by Dr. Wright himself. Before that, the Genesis Block was somewhat of a puzzle for the entire Bitcoin world. The main topic of discussion was the message Satoshi Nakamoto placed in the coinbase hash of Block 0: "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks."

📜 It also emphasised that governments are intervening in the economy and financial markets. The reasons for its inclusion, often mistakenly interpreted as anti-banking and/or anti-government, have since been clarified by Dr. Wright: governments and banks still play an important role, but both must remain in check.

🚨 Satoshi's warning went unnoticed by authorities, and Western economies continue to approach the precipice. Fortunately, some heeded this message, and over the next decade or so, these individuals became "Bitcoiners."