Halloween History Lesson

This Week in Bitcoin - Oct. 31, 2022

Happy Halloween

Or maybe, Happy Birthday Bitcoin?!

Halloween holds a special place in the story of bitcoin and, because of that, here’s a special Halloween edition of the email!

Happy Birthday(s)

Bitcoin has two (three?) birthdays:

1. 10/31/2008

   • Whitepaper Released

2. 1/3/2009

   • “Genesis Block”

3. 1/9/2009

   • 1st Mined Block

Halloween

On October 31, 2008, a person by the name of…