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Bitcoin’s first message

The Times 03/Jan/2009

Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks

Block 0 · Jan 3, 2009 · 18:15:05 UTC

Bitcoin's first block, mined January 3, 2009, carried a newspaper headline about a bank bailout.

Bitcoin was born in protest of bank bailouts.

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