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0 pointsk00b6y ago0 comments

Link to that very first block https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/0

The subsidy then was 50 BTC

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iso-8859-16y ago· 2 in thread

Hardly a subsidy if it can't be spent ;)

tim3336y ago

The potential discounted future cash flows from it were good.

sneak6y ago

I believe GP’s joke is about the minor technical issue that the very first block reward is unspendable in the blockchain, not that there was no market for it.

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