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<p>Jan 03, 2009</p>
<p>The bitcoin network came into existence with the release of the first open source bitcoin client and the issuance of the first bitcoins, with Satoshi Nakamoto mining the first block of bitcoins ever (known as the genesis block), which had a reward of 50 bitcoins. Embedded in the coinbase of this block was the text:</p>
<h2>The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks</h2>
<p>Block #0, BlockHash <strong>000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f</strong></p>
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