It seems like yesterday, but it’s been 9 years ago today since that first bitcoin block was mined. It paid out a whopping 50 BTC compared to today’s 12.5 BTC payout per block. That 50 BTC is worth over $700K right now and would be a nice little nest egg if you mined it and held. Happy Birthday, Bitcoin.



The first-ever transaction was timestamped at 6:15PM (server time) and yielded a mining reward of 50BTC, which is worth approximately $739,312 at the time of writing. It took another six days until the second block (#1) was mined on January 9, 2009.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – First Bitcoin Block Mined 9 Years ago Today