February 2, 2025
Bitcoin (BTC) historian Pete Rizzo recently shared a look at the first ever Bitcoin website that was launched on January 31st, 2009. The screenshot showed a simple design with details about the first open-source client associated with the flagship crypto, Bitcoin v0.1, which was officially released on January 9th, 2009. The History Of Bitcoin Bitcoin.org was registered on August 18th, 2008, and the whitepaper titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto was released on October 31st, 2008. The genesis block was mined on January 3rd, 2009, with a 50 Bitcoin reward. Nakamoto ended his involvement by 2010. Initially owned by Nakamoto and Martti Malmi, Bitcoin.org distributed early software versions. In 2013, the site was revamped, and ownership was transferred to prevent any single entity when it came to controlling the project. Today, Bitcoin.org remains a decentralized, open-source project. Making Millions 16 years ago, Bitcoin was worth $0. Since then however, it recorded milestone after milestone as it reached an all-time high price of over $108K not too long ago. Presently, Bitcoin is priced around $100K. Moreover, a flood of altcoins have entered the crypto market since 2009, with both mainstays like Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Binance Coin (BNB), and Solana (SOL) and meme coins like Dogecoin (DOGE), SafeMoon (SFM), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and Official Trump (TRUMP) turning early investors into millionaires.
