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How did the global economic environment before Bitcoin look like? What stands behind the term blockchain?
We would like to start by giving you an overview on the global economic environment before Bitcoin.
It will be great, if we take some time to really understand what stands behind blockchain technology and how it allows us to create and work with digital money.
The Bitcoin whitepaper was published in October 2008 – the year when the global economic and financial crisis hit the world. Coincidence or not, bitcoin seems perfectly designed to address many deficiencies of fiat money.
Perhaps, a little-known fact is that the genesis block of the Bitcoin blockchain, where its first transaction is recorded, contains a hidden message by its creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The text quotes a headline from the British newspaper “The Times”, thus showing a proof of the date when the Bitcoin blockchain was launched and goes on like this:
“The Times; 3rd of January 2009; Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”
Besides proving the date of the genesis block, this message seems cleverly designed to express the tragic state of the global financial system at the time. It also implies the importance of the proposed solution as a stepping stone towards an improved monetary system. Being embedded in the genesis block and given the immutable and robust nature of the Bitcoin blockchain, that message stands there as an everlasting reminder for future generations.
Long story – short, in the midst of such unprecedented and critical events in the global economic and financial landscape, Bitcoin was born.
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How did the global economic environment before Bitcoin look like? What stands behind the term blockchain?
We would like to start by giving you an overview on the global economic environment before Bitcoin.
It will be great, if we take some time to really understand what stands behind blockchain technology and how it allows us to create and work with digital money.
The Bitcoin whitepaper was published in October 2008 – the year when the global economic and financial crisis hit the world. Coincidence or not, bitcoin seems perfectly designed to address many deficiencies of fiat money.
Perhaps, a little-known fact is that the genesis block of the Bitcoin blockchain, where its first transaction is recorded, contains a hidden message by its creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The text quotes a headline from the British newspaper “The Times”, thus showing a proof of the date when the Bitcoin blockchain was launched and goes on like this:
“The Times; 3rd of January 2009; Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”
Besides proving the date of the genesis block, this message seems cleverly designed to express the tragic state of the global financial system at the time. It also implies the importance of the proposed solution as a stepping stone towards an improved monetary system. Being embedded in the genesis block and given the immutable and robust nature of the Bitcoin blockchain, that message stands there as an everlasting reminder for future generations.
Long story – short, in the midst of such unprecedented and critical events in the global economic and financial landscape, Bitcoin was born.
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