on a small server in Helsinki, Finland,
Where is the proof?
at 6:15 pm of server time
There is no "server time". There is only block times which are in UTC.
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Thanks to pooya87 for raising these questions accurately and making the whole discussion more rigorous. Regarding the issue of Helsinki's server, this discussion is the public information of Bitcoin-related articles in our country. I have not questioned it before. I searched it on Google just now and there are similar English articles mentioning this. However, there is no clear evidence on how to prove this point.
Regarding why Satoshi Nakamoto named the first block of Bitcoin the "Genesis Block", we are not Satoshi Nakamoto himself, and no one is sure whether he named this block has a specific meaning. In my opinion, the word creation has a very sacred meaning, so I wrote this article and put forward this point for everyone to discuss. In response to my in-depth thinking on Bitcoin in the past few years, I proposed the concept of "Bit Civilization". Therefore, I recently wrote an article saying that the creation here is not only the creation of Bitcoin, but also the creation of a new civilization. I believe that in another 10 or 20 years, when the entire bit civilization takes shape, we can truly understand the meaning of the genesis block.
For the time being, human civilization employs the Gregorian chronology which starts with the legendary birth year of Jesus Christ and takes this year as the boundary. The time before is called BC, and the time after, AD.
For Bit Era System, 2009, the year Bitcoin was born, will be set as the boundary.
To me, this is honestly a bit ridiculous if you go back as far as 2000+ years and go so far as to imply that the period before and after 2009 should be called
"before Bitcoin" BB - or
"after Bitcoin" AB - like comparing Christianity to Bitcoin, by which you only add fuel to the fire of those who say that Bitcoin is a religion.
This is the biggest change that Satoshi Nakamoto's creation of Bitcoin has brought to human civilization. Satoshi Nakamoto is the Creator of Bit Civilization who pioneered and created the world. He dug out the first block of Bitcoin, which marked the genesis of Bit Civilization. That is why he chose that name.
What do you think?
I think (and I hate to repeat myself) that you have gone too far in a direction that makes very little or no sense at all. It’s hard for me to imagine someone fantasizing about some kind of Bit civilization and wondering why the first block was called Genesis (as if that wasn’t self-explanatory).
Maybe it would be good to start writing some fantasy novels, you have a sense of the subject, and it sells really well.
Thanks to Lucius for these questions, you may feel that my views are meaningless or absurd, but in my opinion, they are valuable. These views of mine are not just what I say casually, but are formed step by step on the basis of years of in-depth reading and in-depth thinking. In the past 4 years, I have read books with millions of words covering all aspects of human politics, economy, history, religion, philosophy, and science. I continue to think about Bitcoin from the perspective of the evolution of human civilization. The final conclusion is that the birth of Bitcoin is the most breakthrough thing in the past 2000 years. Just like the birth of Christianity 2000 years ago, it has epoch-making significance. Therefore, I summarized the concept of "bit civilization" and predicted that human beings will evolve to a higher level of civilization. From a physical civilization to a digital civilization, from a carbon-based civilization to a silicon-based civilization, and from an earth civilization to a cosmic civilization. More than a dozen of my recent articles are all based on this point of view. These views of mine are more based on predictions about the future. At the same time, I will follow the directions of my predictions to build the "bit civilization" in my mind, just like Plato's The Republic and Mor's Utopia.
Without Genesis Block, Bitcoin must have disappeared already, let alone Bitcoin community trusted by tens of millions of people around the world and crypto field spread all over the world.
No... It's not that. Genesis block is just a fancy name for the first block of a blockchain. If it doesn't exist, then that means you never had a blockchain in the first place.
To commemorate Satoshi Nakamoto, the first block of all cryptocurrency projects with independent public chain network will be named Genesis Block like Bitcoin did. The genesis of independent public chains echoes that of Bitcoin, they are shining together.
Look at the definition of genesis. It doesn't commemorate Satoshi at all.
As is known to all, Satoshi Nakamoto is a very meticulous and rigorous person, and every move of him means something.
Wrong.
God.
Ah yes, of course religion always appear somewhere.
I'm not sure what is the point of the threads that you've started. Bitcoin isn't a cult. Bitcoin isn't perfect, Satoshi isn't a god, you really don't have to create a new thread to worship them everyday.
Thanks ranochigo, I understand what you mean. I write these articles now more of my philosophical thinking, explaining Bitcoin from different dimensions. I think these are valuable. In my opinion, Bitcoin is not only the technology it represents, but more importantly, the ideas and culture behind Bitcoin. Decentralization, equality, freedom, openness, and harmony. I know that many people are very sensitive to religion, but we cannot stop discussing it from this aspect because of religious sensitivity. Bitcoin does not belong to us alone, but to all mankind. I now try to use some simple words to explore the countless possibilities of Bitcoin.
Why is this a new beginning? Because in two to five decades, mankind will suddenly discover that they have entered a world of trust and transparency built entirely by blockchain, a brand new civilization with new system and order. There is an essential difference between new civilization and the old one.
The old chronology system is no longer suitable for the development of new civilization. Therefore, mankind decided to adopt a new chronology method. I call it Bit Era System.
You're often making such big claims, yet you never show any evidence to support them. Have you heard the phrase "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"? This is definitely the case here.
Without data to support your claims, it's nothing more than just personal opinions, beliefs and hopes. Someone can just as easily believe that Bitcoin is useless and will go to zero.
Thank you hatshepsut93 for this question, thank you very much. Here I also express my opinion again. Yes, I made a lot of extraordinary claims, but there is not enough evidence to prove them. These are my personal opinions, beliefs and hopes. Here, I put forward more of my philosophical thinking rather than scientific conclusions. Philosophy and science are two completely different disciplines. Science requires strict evidence, inferences and conclusions. Philosophy is relatively more open. There is no unified answer and no right or wrong judgments. But I think these thoughts are still very valuable. I have always believed that Bitcoin is not only important to Bitcoin's technology, but more importantly, the ideas and culture behind Bitcoin. As I said earlier, decentralized thinking, equal and free thinking. I write these views more of an exploration of these ideas. Of course, someone must believe these ideas, someone must say that this is a fallacy, this is a joke. Each of us has our own cognitive system and judgment standards. We have also heard a famous saying: Every time human civilization progresses, it is the result of thought. These propositions that I put forward now are not only applicable to today, but also predictions for the development of human civilization in the next fifty years. I believe they will still be applicable fifty years later. I hope that in the next ten years, more and more people will reach a consensus on these views, and then build a bit civilization step by step.