YOUR BITCOIN BIRTHDAY · 22 MAY 2010

Bitcoin existed on 22 May 2010, but had no price yet.

Coins were mined and sent, but nobody traded them on an exchange yet. Mt. Gox opened on 17 July 2010. The chain was at about block 57,000. Halving era 1: miners earned 50 BTC per block.

YOUR CARD

Share your Bitcoin birthday.

Bitcoin existed on 22 May 2010, but had no price yet. The chain was at about block 57,000. Halving era 1: miners earned 50 BTC per block.

My Bitcoin birthday: 22 May 2010 · about block 57,000, no market price yet
What’s yours? https://bitcoin.onl/birthday/2010-05-22

THAT MONTH IN BITCOIN

What happened in May 2010.

22 May 2010

Bitcoin Pizza Day

Laszlo Hanyecz offers 10,000 BTC for two pizzas, and four days later someone takes the deal.

FROM THE ARCHIVE

What Satoshi wrote around then.

Forum posts · 20 May 2010Re: We accept Bitcoins Forum posts · 26 May 2010Re: Odd amount of generated coins Forum posts · 26 May 2010Re: Website translations Forum posts · 26 May 2010Re: Share database blocks ?

ANOTHER DATE

Try someone else’s day.

Everything dated May 22 in Bitcoin history is on the May 22 page. Block heights are estimates from known blocks. Prices are Bitstamp daily closes in US dollars.

Historical data, not financial advice.