Protocol
ProtocolEpoch
Bitcoin v0.1 Released
First open-source Bitcoin client released on SourceForge.
Satoshi released Bitcoin v0.1, the first open-source client enabling anyone to run a node and mine Bitcoin on ordinary CPUs. This democratized participation in the network from day one.
Tags
#software#open-source
What else happened around this time?
MiningEpoch
Genesis Block Mined
Satoshi mined block #0, embedding The Times headline in the coinbase transaction.
#genesis#block-0
ProtocolEpoch
Bitcoin Whitepaper Published
Satoshi Nakamoto published the 9-page Bitcoin whitepaper to the cryptography mailing list.
#whitepaper#satoshi
PeopleEpoch
First Bitcoin Transaction
Satoshi sent 10 BTC to Hal Finney in block 170.
#first-transaction#hal-finney