21 BTCFirst person-to-person transaction
In plain words
12 Jan 2009: Satoshi sends 10 BTC to Hal Finney in block 170 (03:30 UTC).
What happened
Satoshi sends 10 BTC to Hal Finney in block 170 (03:30 UTC). It is the first bitcoin transaction that is not a mining reward.
People: Satoshi Nakamoto, Hal Finney.
See also
- Hal FinneyHal Finney: Cryptographer, first person besides Satoshi to run Bitcoin, recipient of the first transaction. Cypherpunk and PGP developer who built RPOW, his own proof-of-work currency. He ran Bitcoin from day one and received 10 BTC from Satoshi in block 170.
- Satoshi NakamotoSatoshi Nakamoto: Creator of Bitcoin (pseudonym), active 2008–2011. Wrote the Bitcoin whitepaper (31 Oct 2008), mined the genesis block and released Bitcoin v0.1 (8 Jan 2009). Handed the project to other developers in December 2010 and stopped writing in April 2011.
- Genesis blockThe genesis block is block 0, the first block of Bitcoin, mined by Satoshi Nakamoto on 3 January 2009. It carries a newspaper headline about bank bailouts.
- Satoshi NakamotoSatoshi Nakamoto: Creator of Bitcoin (pseudonym), active 2008–2011. Wrote the Bitcoin whitepaper (31 Oct 2008), mined the genesis block and released Bitcoin v0.1 (8 Jan 2009). Handed the project to other developers in December 2010 and stopped writing in April 2011.
- Hal FinneyHal Finney: Cryptographer, first person besides Satoshi to run Bitcoin, recipient of the first transaction. Cypherpunk and PGP developer who built RPOW, his own proof-of-work currency. He ran Bitcoin from day one and received 10 BTC from Satoshi in block 170.
References
- mempool.space mempool.space