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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: 14 years ago today, the first Bitcoin was mined.
by
OcTradism
on 03/01/2023, 13:52:47 UTC
Today, the genesis block, also known as the first bitcoin, was mined by Satoshi Nakamoto 14 years ago.
Genesis block was mined on 2009-01-03 has a Coinbase message
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As of June 2022, there were roughly 19.07 million Bitcoins in use. Accordingly, only 1.92 million Bitcoins are available for mining, and more than 90% of all Bitcoins are already in circulation.
Blockchain explorer: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/assets/btc
19,251,143 BTC was mined.

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According to experts, the last bitcoins will be mined by 2140.
It is written in Bitcoin Wiki.

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The supply will approach, but never reach, ₿21 million. Issuance will permanently halt c. 2140 at ₿20,999,999.9769

Controlled supply