Protocol · January 9, 2009
Bitcoin v0.1 released
Price at event
n/a
Today
$73,594
Pre-market
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Satoshi posts the first software release. ~16,000 lines of C++. The reference implementation that every full node since traces back to.
⸺ Sources ⸺
- primarySatoshi Nakamoto Institute — "Bitcoin v0.1 released" (archived original cryptography mailing list announcement, Jan 2009) ↗
- referenceCryptography Mailing List archive (metzdowd.com) — original "Bitcoin v0.1 released" post by Satoshi Nakamoto ↗
- referenceBitcoin Wiki — 2009 timeline: "Bitcoin v0.1 is released on the cryptography mailing list and mining begins" ↗