On October 31, 2008, the author of Satoshi Nakamoto published an announcement of a new electronic money settlement system Bitcoin. It is this date that many people take for Bitcoin's birthday. Nevertheless, the announcement remains an announcement, whereas exactly nine years ago, on January 3, 2009, Block Number One appeared in the distributed decentralized network Bitcoin, which was later renamed the Zero Block. And it is the day when the first block was generated, it is much more logical to consider Bitcoin's birthday.
Over the years, this crypto currency, created by Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity is still undisclosed, has become the most popular and expensive "coin" and still regularly updates the value records. Expending in dozens of times, it attracts more and more attention, attracting all new companies, analysts, businessmen and miners, who are striving to get into the "bull's-eye" and earn.
In early 2009, the award found , and the complexity of the network was equal to 1. Before large transactions inside the network, the emergence of large exchanges and huge mining farms that produce complex calculations and consuming huge capacities, it was still far off, but the beginning was already laid. Many people believed and still consider Bitcoin a "pyramid", a "financial bubble" and a waste of time, but the fact remains that Bitcoin continues to grow steadily in price, and over the years he has been able to grow from obscure entertainment for a narrow circle of geeks to a full-fledged payment means - now you can buy a house, a car for Bitcoins, they can pay bills or just buy pizza with them.
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