The Bitcoin Genesis Block will celebrate its 14th anniversary in the early hours of tomorrow
January 4th, 2023

The Bitcoin Genesis Block will celebrate its 14th anniversary at 02:15 on January 4, Beijing time.

It is reported that at 18:15 UTC on January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto dug up the first block on a small server located in Helsinki, Finland, and received a reward of 50 bitcoins, announcing the official birth of bitcoin. The first block is called the "genesis block". At the same time, Satoshi Nakamoto put the headline of The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks edge) is written on the block. In this way, Satoshi Nakamoto not only marks the creation time of the "genesis block", but also satirizes the flawed traditional financial system that he hopes to replace with Bitcoin.

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