Bitcoin Price on January 3, 2009

Pre-Market Era

On January 3, 2009, Bitcoin had no market price. The first regulated Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, did not begin operations until July 18, 2010. This date precedes continuous market data.

Halving Era 1

Block reward

50 BTC

Days into era 1

0

Days until next halving

1,425

Major Event

• Bitcoin Genesis Block Mined

  Satoshi Nakamoto mines the Genesis Block (block 0) of the Bitcoin blockchain. The block contains an embedded message from a London Times headline that day: 'The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.' The block reward was 50 BTC, which is permanently unspendable by design.

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