On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin’s first block – the genesis block – with a reward of 50 BTC. But there’s an interesting detail: these coins can never be spent!
The reason is that the genesis block was hardcoded into Bitcoin’s software, and its reward was never added to the set of spendable coins (UTXO). As a result, these coins cannot be used in transactions.
Those first 50 BTC will remain permanently locked in the blockchain, serving as a monument to the birth of Bitcoin. Even someone with Satoshi’s private key would be unable to spend these particular coins!
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