Running Bitcoin: The Tweet That Started It All

On January 11, 2009, Hal Finney, a pioneering cypherpunk and the first recipient of a real Bitcoin transaction, posted a historic tweet with just two words: “Running bitcoin.” With that simple message, he announced that he had Satoshi Nakamoto’s software up and running on his computer, becoming the first active node outside the creator and marking the true public birth of the Bitcoin network just days after the genesis block. That modest action proved the concept worked, enabled the first real transactions, and laid the foundation for the decentralized financial revolution that today moves trillions around the world.

Thank you, Hal! Your node continues to inspire the entire world.