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Could this be a "happy 15th birthday bitcoin!" ? Block 824513 was mined on Jan 5, 2024 7:00 PM UTC [1] Block 0 was mined on Jan 3, 2009 6:15 PM UTC [2] Delta
by ur-whale 3y ago
Could this be a "happy 15th birthday bitcoin!" ?
Block 824513 was mined on Jan 5, 2024 7:00 PM UTC [1]
Block 0 was mined on Jan 3, 2009 6:15 PM UTC [2]
Delta is almost exactly 15 years.
Someone who is grateful for Bitcoin celebrates by provably and forever shrinking the overall supply by BTC 26.9 (coinbase of block 0, the addie the coins were sent to, is unspendable by design) thereby making every other Bitcoins out there a tiny bit more valuable.
[1] https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/824513 https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/824513
[2] https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/0 https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/0
[EDIT]: as nullc correctly pointed out somewhere else in this thread, these BTC 26.9 actually can be spent if you happen to have the private key to block 0 (Satoshi, assuming he's still alive, would).
Only the coinbase (the block reward) of block 0 can't be spent by design.
So this now looks like a "thank you Satoshi on Bitcoin's 15th" and not a provable way to shrink the supply.