This post is just a collection of some dates, milestones and curiosities in the early days of bitcoin, that I find of interest.

• 18/08/2008. The bitcoin.org domain was registered.

• 31/10/2008. Satoshi sent an email to the Cryptography Mailing List announcing the bitcoin white paper. The mail started:

I ‘ve been working on a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party.

• 3/01/2009. Satoshi mined the genesis block and started bitcoin. This day is considered to be the birth of bitcoin. In the genesis block, the next message appears, in reference to that headline in The Times newspaper:

The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.