A Reminder On Bitcoin's 13th Birthday: Why It Is Important to Self-Custody Your Keys
On January 3, 2009, the first Bitcoin (BTC) block, also known as the Genesis block, was mined by the project's pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Today marks exactly thirteen years from the event, and the crypto comm...
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On January 3, 2009, the first Bitcoin (BTC) block, also known as the Genesis block, was mined by the project's pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Today marks exactly thirteen years from the event, and the crypto community is celebrating Bitcoin becoming a teenager (Happy Bitcoin Birthday!)....
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