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"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"
by carrja99 4y ago
"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"
- 0xcde4c3db 4y agoIn case the relevance isn't clear, this is a headline that was inserted into the Bitcoin origin block, presumably to prove that it hadn't been mined before that date. However, the specific headline chosen is often interpreted as an implicit jab at conventional finance by Satoshi Nakamoto.
- optimalsolver 4y agoI wonder what Satoshi would think of Tether, or crypto-firms like Blockstream.
- aaaaaaaaaaab 4y agoIronic, isn't it?
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoThat selfish people are drawn to money markets?
- raverbashing 4y agoAnd now, we see the biggest irony in thinking this was bad It was not a bailout for banks, it was for their account holders.