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For those like me who didn't understand the relevance, back in 2009, Satoshi (the creator of Bitcoin) put the following message in the very first block: > The

For those like me who didn't understand the relevance, back in 2009, Satoshi (the creator of Bitcoin) put the following message in the very first block: > The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks Back then it was a response to the 2008/9 financial crisis, which is what makes this new message relevant.

k00b 6y ago
Link to that very first block https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/0 https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/0 The subsidy then was 50 BTC
- iso-8859-1 6y ago
  Hardly a subsidy if it can't be spent ;)
  - tim333 6y ago
    The potential discounted future cash flows from it were good.
    - sneak 6y ago
      I believe GP’s joke is about the minor technical issue that the very first block reward is unspendable in the blockchain, not that there was no market for it.