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๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Genesis Block, and Bitcoin was born! ๐
But the most interesting part about this is what Satoshi did ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ the scenes, and its implications for every sovereign individual.
Here are ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ we can learn from the Genesis Block about personal sovereignty ๐งต๐
1๏ธโฃ This message is permanently embedded within the Genesis Block:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด 03/๐๐ข๐ฏ/2009 ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด.โ
Why did Satoshi add this?
It linked the digital and physical worlds together, thus serving as proof of the moment in time when the block was found.
Satoshi couldnโt have known ahead of time what the headline of the London Times would have been, so ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐, without any premine. ๐ฐ
2๏ธโฃ If you run your own node, you can verify the Genesis Block yourself.
Running your own node is the ultimate form of sovereignty for Bitcoiners:
- ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ run the code.
- ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ decide what Bitcoin is.
- ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ verify the honesty and integrity of every Bitcoin transaction.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. If you donโt run your own node, then you are necessarily trusting someone else. So donโt trustโverify. ๐ฅ๏ธ
Start9 (npub126nโฆe9ll)
3๏ธโฃ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐?
Think of Bitcoin blocks as a series of โnesting dollsโ, with each one inside the next. The hash of each block is contained in the block that follows it, so the Genesis Block now has 877659 additional blocks protecting it.
To undo the first block, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ the blocks after it would need to be found again, expending all that energy before the rest of the world further secures it with another block.
Every Bitcoin transactionโincluding yoursโbecomes more irreversible as new blocks are mined. This immutability is fundamental to your personal sovereignty, since it means that no one can change what ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ have chosen to do with the product of ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ labor. โ๏ธ
4๏ธโฃ Today is also celebrated as โProof of Keys Day,โ an idea proposed by Trace Mayer to promote sovereignty among Bitcoiners.
If you havenโt already done so, withdraw your Bitcoin from exchanges to ensure your ownership, so custodians canโt claim they hold more coins than they actually do.
By holding your keys, you also eliminate the risk of losing your funds due to exchange hacks, fraud, or insolvency. This will require greater responsibility on your part, but the result is greater freedom.
If you donโt control your own keys yet, make today the day. Invest in a hardware wallet, engrave your seed phrase in steel or titanium, and take full ownership of your wealth.
As sovereign individuals like to say: โ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด.โ ๐
(Caution: Do NOT use this seed phrase!)
So today, on Bitcoin's 16th birthday, remember what the Genesis Block stands for: ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐.
Run a node. Hold your keys. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Bitcoin is a blueprint for freedom, but itโs up to you to do the work to earn it.
Start now. Become sovereign with Bitcoin. ๐
But the most interesting part about this is what Satoshi did ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ the scenes, and its implications for every sovereign individual.
Here are ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ we can learn from the Genesis Block about personal sovereignty ๐งต๐
1๏ธโฃ This message is permanently embedded within the Genesis Block:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด 03/๐๐ข๐ฏ/2009 ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด.โ
Why did Satoshi add this?
It linked the digital and physical worlds together, thus serving as proof of the moment in time when the block was found.
Satoshi couldnโt have known ahead of time what the headline of the London Times would have been, so ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐, without any premine. ๐ฐ
2๏ธโฃ If you run your own node, you can verify the Genesis Block yourself.
Running your own node is the ultimate form of sovereignty for Bitcoiners:
- ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ run the code.
- ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ decide what Bitcoin is.
- ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ verify the honesty and integrity of every Bitcoin transaction.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. If you donโt run your own node, then you are necessarily trusting someone else. So donโt trustโverify. ๐ฅ๏ธ
Start9 (npub126nโฆe9ll)
3๏ธโฃ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐?
Think of Bitcoin blocks as a series of โnesting dollsโ, with each one inside the next. The hash of each block is contained in the block that follows it, so the Genesis Block now has 877659 additional blocks protecting it.
To undo the first block, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ the blocks after it would need to be found again, expending all that energy before the rest of the world further secures it with another block.
Every Bitcoin transactionโincluding yoursโbecomes more irreversible as new blocks are mined. This immutability is fundamental to your personal sovereignty, since it means that no one can change what ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ have chosen to do with the product of ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ labor. โ๏ธ
4๏ธโฃ Today is also celebrated as โProof of Keys Day,โ an idea proposed by Trace Mayer to promote sovereignty among Bitcoiners.
If you havenโt already done so, withdraw your Bitcoin from exchanges to ensure your ownership, so custodians canโt claim they hold more coins than they actually do.
By holding your keys, you also eliminate the risk of losing your funds due to exchange hacks, fraud, or insolvency. This will require greater responsibility on your part, but the result is greater freedom.
If you donโt control your own keys yet, make today the day. Invest in a hardware wallet, engrave your seed phrase in steel or titanium, and take full ownership of your wealth.
As sovereign individuals like to say: โ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด.โ ๐
(Caution: Do NOT use this seed phrase!)
So today, on Bitcoin's 16th birthday, remember what the Genesis Block stands for: ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐.
Run a node. Hold your keys. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Bitcoin is a blueprint for freedom, but itโs up to you to do the work to earn it.
Start now. Become sovereign with Bitcoin. ๐