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January 2028
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| 3Genesis block, 2009 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8Bitcoin v0.1, 2009 | 9 |
| 10ETFs approved, 2024 | 11Spot ETFs, 2024Running bitcoin, 2009 | 12First transaction, 2009 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Events in January 2028
Monday 3 JanuaryIn 428 days
The genesis block, 2009
19 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
Saturday 8 JanuaryIn 433 days
Bitcoin v0.1 is released, 2009
19 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)
Monday 10 JanuaryIn 435 days
SEC approves the first US spot bitcoin ETFs, 2024
4 years ago. The US Securities and Exchange Commission approved 11 spot bitcoin exchange-traded products, funds that hold bitcoin and whose shares trade on stock exchanges, for listing on three US exchanges.
PolicySourceSEC Chair Gensler, statement of 10 January 2024
Tuesday 11 JanuaryIn 436 days
First US spot bitcoin ETFs trade, 2024
4 years ago. The first US spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), funds that hold bitcoin and trade on stock exchanges like shares, began trading, a day after the SEC approved them.
MarketsSourceSEC, Statement on the Approval of Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Products, Chair Gary Gensler (10 Jan 2024)What happened
Hal Finney tweets "Running bitcoin", 2009
19 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)
Wednesday 12 JanuaryIn 437 days
The first bitcoin transaction, 2009
19 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)