{"id":263570,"date":"2024-10-31T11:19:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T11:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/31\/no-today-is-not-bitcoins-birthday\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:39","slug":"no-today-is-not-bitcoins-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/31\/no-today-is-not-bitcoins-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Today Is Not Bitcoin\u2019s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjA5NjU1OTY0ODg0ODA1MDUw\/screenshot-2024-09-30-at-114323am.png\" height=\"91\" width=\"1200\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjA5NjU0MTk2OTY4ODkxODM0\/screenshot-2024-09-30-at-102208am.png\" height=\"800\" width=\"836\"><figcaption><em>Follow Aaron on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/primal.net\/aaronvanw\">Nostr<\/a><em> or <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AaronvanW\">X<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some things in Bitcoin are just not up for debate.<\/p>\n<p>The plural of bitcoin is also bitcoin\u2014 not bitcoins. (One bitcoin, two bitcoin, three bitcoin\u2026) Bits is a better sub-denomination than sats. (100 sats is actually one bit, like a 100 cents is one dollar; being a wholecoiner makes you the Bitcoin-equivalent of a millionaire, as that would mean you have a million bits.) And October 31st is not Bitcoin\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s birthday is January 3rd. It says so right there in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blockstream.info\/block\/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f\">block 0<\/a>:\u00a0<em>2009-01-03 19:15:05 GMT +1<\/em>. On that day Bitcoin\u2019s blockchain launched, with 50 newly generated coins issued to Satoshi Nakamoto&#8217;s public key. (But from which Bitcoin\u2019s creator cannot spend according to the protocol rules; since Satoshi was the only person who could have created the genesis block, that would have effectively constituted a 50 BTC pre-mine.)<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Bitcoin was first proposed through Satoshi\u2019s white paper on October 31, 2008. But you don\u2019t celebrate your birthday on the day your mom told your dad she wanted to have a kid. Nor do you celebrate it on the day your parents conceived you, or on the day they announced you to the world via a gender reveal party.<\/p>\n<p>You celebrate your birthday on the day you were born, and the same is true for Bitcoin. January 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Bitcoin White Paper Day.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is a <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/takes\/bitcoin-magazine-introduces-opinion-takes\">Take<\/a><\/em><em>. Opinions expressed are entirely the author&#8217;s and do not necessarily reflect those of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/takes\/no-today-is-not-bitcoins-birthday\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. Some things in Bitcoin are just not up for debate. 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