The first Bitcoin transaction
Satoshi sends 10 BTC to Hal Finney in block 170, the first transfer between two people.
outputs: 10.00000000 BTC → Hal Finney · 40.00000000 BTC → change
Block 170 · January 12, 2009 · 03:30:25 UTC
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January 12
What happened in Bitcoin on January 12: The first Bitcoin transaction (2009). Plus 2 of Satoshi’s emails and forum posts from this date.
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What Satoshi wrote on January 12.
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