Back on January 12, 2009—17 years ago now—Satoshi Nakamoto made a move that changed everything. He sent 10 BTC to Hal Finney in what became the first peer-to-peer Bitcoin transaction ever recorded. It wasn't just moving some coins around. This single transaction proved something crucial: Bitcoin's decentralized, trustless architecture actually works in practice. No middlemen. No central authority needed. Just two people, pure code, and it worked.
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Back on January 12, 2009—17 years ago now—Satoshi Nakamoto made a move that changed everything. He sent 10 BTC to Hal Finney in what became the first peer-to-peer Bitcoin transaction ever recorded. It wasn't just moving some coins around. This single transaction proved something crucial: Bitcoin's decentralized, trustless architecture actually works in practice. No middlemen. No central authority needed. Just two people, pure code, and it worked.