Susie on Nostr: The Genesis Block anchored Bitcoin to a moment in financial history, while setting ...

The Genesis Block anchored Bitcoin to a moment in financial history, while setting the core architecture that still governs the network today:

- proof of work
- finite supply
- self custody
- rules that don’t bend to political pressure

Which is why 3 January is also known as Proof of Keys Day … a reminder of what ownership means in a system secured by keys, not by permission.

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On 3 January 2009, the Bitcoin network launched with the mining of its first block, known as the Genesis Block.

Embedded in that block was a headline from The Times newspaper:

“Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.”

The message permanently anchors Bitcoin’s 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 Genesis Day.