BitMex thanks Satoshi Nakamoto with advert in The Times newspaper
Cryptocurrency exchange BitMex has announced that it has taken out an advertisement out on the front page of the 3rd January edition of the Times newspaper to thank Satoshi Nakamoto for ten years of bitcoin.
Today's Times newspaper (3rd January 2019) celebrates Bitcoin's 10th Birthday
— BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) January 2, 2019
Included on the front page is the hash of the Bitcoin block 554,509. Thanks to @JihanWu and @btccom_official for including the message "ThanksSatoshi" in the Coinbase inputhttps://t.co/HFskR9J6Jv pic.twitter.com/QtSRvI6wNo
The advertisement features the block hash and message that reads "w#\/ ThanksSatoshi /BTC.COM/��mm,���CA4Z_IGQ�~YVM܈H����{�|�|###B#b)#�"
The message symbolizes 10 years of bitcoin since the first bitcoin genesis block was mined on 3 January 2009.
The first block which was mined 10 years ago received 50 btc and has since received an additional 16 btc over time. The first mining reward is unspendable due to the codebase.
While the method to celebrate the 10th birthday of Satoshi's vision might seem rather unusual, it certainly garnerned a lot of praise from the bitcoin community.
Great idea https://t.co/UsMD5xzafX
— Alistair Milne (@alistairmilne) January 3, 2019
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