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January 2019
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3Genesis block, 2009 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8Bitcoin v0.1, 2009 | 9 | 10 | 11Running bitcoin, 2009 | 12First transaction, 2009 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31QuadrigaCX |
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Events in January 2019
Thursday 3 January2860 days ago
The genesis block, 2009
10 years ago. The first block of the Bitcoin blockchain, block 0, was created. Its only transaction contains the text "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks".
MilestonesSee block 0See the paymentSourcemempool.space, block 0 (timestamp 1231006505)What happened
Tuesday 8 January2855 days ago
Bitcoin v0.1 is released, 2009
10 years ago. Satoshi Nakamoto announced the first release of the Bitcoin software, a Windows-only program with open-source C++ code, on the Cryptography Mailing List.
MilestonesSourceCryptography Mailing List archive, "Bitcoin v0.1 released" (Thu Jan 8 14:27:40 EST 2009)
Friday 11 January2852 days ago
Hal Finney tweets "Running bitcoin", 2009
10 years ago. Cryptographer Hal Finney posted "Running bitcoin" on Twitter, two days after block 1, the first block after the genesis block, was mined.
MilestonesSourceTwitter's oEmbed data for the tweet (dated January 11, 2009)
Saturday 12 January2851 days ago
The first bitcoin transaction, 2009
10 years ago. Satoshi Nakamoto sent 10 bitcoin to Hal Finney in block 170, the first transaction that moved coins from one person to another.
MilestonesSee block 170See the paymentSourceHal Finney, "Bitcoin and me", bitcointalk, 19 March 2013 (archived copy)
Thursday 31 January2832 days ago
QuadrigaCX seeks creditor protection
QuadrigaCX, one of Canada's largest crypto exchanges, asked a Nova Scotia court to halt lawsuits against it, saying it could not reach most customers' funds after its founder, Gerald Cotten, died in December 2018. A 2020 review by Ontario Securities Commission staff concluded that clients lost at least C$169 million, mostly through Cotten's fraud rather than coins locked away by his death.
Markets · Until 5 FebSourceCBC News, Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX seeks creditor protection after founder's death, 4 Feb 2019