j2002ba2 and BlackHatCoiner, interesting discussion between the two of you and probably deserves a separate topic. How about we establish the timeline from Satoshi first mined the genesis block to when it became public knowledge and other people joining. It's for the sake of the newbie readers.
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I mined (and threw away) some block in February.
Damn!
It was a windows executable, sounded very fishy to me. It was worthless thing, making the laptop fan buzz all time.
When did you take mining seriously?