Blockchain Explained

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"# Blockchain Explained January third, two thousand nine. Someone — we still don't know who — mines the first Bitcoin block... and embeds a message inside it. "The Times. Oh-three, Jan, two thousand nine. Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks." Not a technical note. A political middle finger. The global financial system is melting down. Banks are getting trillion-dollar lifelines. And whoever Satoshi Nakamoto is — they're launching an alternative. Maybe from a Helsinki server room...."