On this day, 13 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin. Since then, the world has been topsy turvy.
This block was mined by Satoshi on 3rd Jan 2009 at 6:15 PM GMT.The Block
reward of 50 BTC, also known as the Coinbase reward, were sent to this address.
The reward for a newly created block is
reduced by 50% after every 210,000 blocks are mined.
To date, three halving events have taken place, and the block reward went to 25 BTC in 2012, 12.5 BTC in 2016 and the
current reward is 6.25 BTC.
.... So today, let's wish Bitcoin a Happy Birthday!
