Series I · Card 8 of 21 · SATOSHI’S MAILBOX
The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks
SATOSHI NAKAMOTO · TIMES HEADLINE IN BLOCK 0 · 03.01.2009
Turn it over, answer, sign – free, no account.
Source
Genesis block (block 0), coinbase text embedded by Satoshi Nakamoto, 3 January 2009 – headline of The Times from the same day
About the author
Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. Published the whitepaper “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” in 2008 and launched the network in 2009. Their identity remains unknown.
About the source
Genesis block: Bitcoin’s first block, from 3 January 2009. The Times wrote the headline; Satoshi embedded it in the block.
The question on the back
Coincidence or message: why is this exact headline in the first block?