Bitcoin Genesis Block 17th Anniversary On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined Block 0 on a small server in Helsinki, marking the official birth of Bitcoin. The block contained only one transaction, with a reward of 50 BTC. Satoshi also embedded the headline from that day's *The Times* front page, referencing the financial bailout crisis at the time: 'The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.' And so, a system that enables peer-to-peer transfers without the need for banks began. By 2026, Bitcoin has been running steadily for 17 years, its price rising from 0 to approximately $91,000, with a market cap exceeding $1.8 trillion.