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This is a curated list of fun and interesting things in the blockchain or related to the underlying data:
Historical firsts
Technical quirks and oddities
Cultural references
Help curating this list is welcome! You can submit new items by opening an issue or PR on
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Date
Item
Reference
2009-01-03
Coinbase transaction of the Genesis Block
github.com
2009-01-03
Bitcoin Genesis Block
en.bitcoin.it
2009-01-12
First transfer of bitcoin
-
2009-01-12
First block containing a non-coinbase transaction
bitcointalk.org
2009-01-16
First send to a Pay-to-Public Key Hash (P2PKH) address
unchained.com
2009-04-18
One of very few transactions sent by Satoshi, this was sent to Mike Hearn.
blog.lopp.net
2009-10-12
First bitcoin traded for fiat currency
twitter.com
2010-05-22
The "Bitcoin Pizza" transaction
bitcointalk.org
2010-07-29
Early transaction with MANY (4,000+) OP_CHECKSIG commands, before this DoS vector was fixed
en.bitcoin.it
2010-11-14
Duplicated coinbase transaction #2
bitcoin.stackexchange.com
2010-11-14
Duplicated coinbase transaction #1
bitcoin.stackexchange.com
2011-05-18
Midnightmagic's 'Missing Satoshi' (provably lost/destroyed bitcoin)
bitcointalk.org
2011-06-14
WikiLeaks began collecting public donations at this address on June 14, 2011. They collected over 4,000 BTC.
blog.lopp.net
2011-07-18
Mt Gox's 'Proof of Solvency' transaction
letstalkbitcoin.com
2011-11-16
Current largest output transaction
blockchair.com
2011-12-03
Brainwallet address for 'Satoshi Nakamoto'
twitter.com
2012-01-30
First send to a Pay-to-MultiSig (P2MS) output
unchained.com
2012-03-07
First experimental (pre-activation) send to a Pay-to-Script Hash (P2SH) output, before the P2SH soft-fork activated
unchained.com
2012-04-08
First *post-activation* send to a P2SH output
unchained.com
2012-11-28
First block of subsidy era #2 (25 BTC)
github.com
2013-03-24
Last 'Version 1' block
github.com
2013-04-06
Bitcoin whitepaper, embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain
bitcoin.stackexchange.com
2013-09-13
SHA256(SHA256()) collision bounty
bitcointalk.org
2013-09-13
RIPEMD160(SHA256()) collision bounty
bitcointalk.org
2013-09-13
RIPEMD160 collision bounty
bitcointalk.org
2013-09-13
SHA256 collision bounty
bitcointalk.org
2013-09-13
SHA1 collision bounty
bitcointalk.org
2013-11-05
Never gonna give you up...
bitcoin.stackexchange.com
2014-06-16
Star Wars: A New Hope
-
2015-06-21
Value provably destroyed in OP_RETURN output
bitcoin.stackexchange.com
2015-07-07
The Megatransaction
rusty.ozlabs.org
2016-07-09
First block of subsidy era #3 (12.5 BTC)
github.com
2017-08-24
First send to a Pay-to-Witness Public Key Hash (P2WPKH) output
unchained.com
2017-08-24
First send to a Pay-to-Witness Script Hash (P2WSH) output
unchained.com
2017-08-24
First SegWit transaction
twitter.com
2017-08-24
First SegWit block
twitter.com
2017-08-25
First > 1MB block
en.bit.news
2017-12-30
Block reward lost
bitcoin.stackexchange.com
2018-01-20
First > 2MB block
twitter.com
2019-12-17
First experimental (pre-activation) mainnet send to a Pay-to-Taproot (P2TR) output
b10c.me
2020-03-11
500+ million USD transferred for < 1 USD fee (2020 prices)
-
2020-05-11
'Times 09/Apr/2020 With $2.3T Injection, Fed's Plan Far Exceeds 2008 Rescue'
-
2020-05-11
First block of subsidy era #4 (6.25 BTC)
github.com
2020-05-20
Very old coins (mined ~1 month after genesis) move unexpectedly, causing uproar
twitter.com
2020-07-15
July 2020 Twitter hack BTC address
twitter.com
2021-01-29
In retrospect, it was inevitable
twitter.com
2021-01-31
Transaction output values used to encode botnet command-and-control IP address
arstechnica.com
2021-04-14
NYTimes 10/Mar/2021 House Gives Final Approval to Biden's $1.9T Pandemic Relief
twitter.com
2021-06-07
Diario El Salvador 6/Jun/2021 Bitcoin tendra validez legal
twitter.com
2021-06-13
Taproot Lock-In via "Speedy Trial" mechanism
github.com
2021-07-23
First experimental (pre-activation) mainnet SPEND (!) of a Pay-to-Taproot (P2TR) output
b10c.me
2021-11-14
First use of OP_CHECKSIGADD
twitter.com
2021-11-14
First post-activation mainnet spend of a Pay-to-Taproot (P2TR) output
twitter.com
2021-11-14
First *post-activation* Pay-to-Taproot (P2TR) transaction in Bitcoin's history
twitter.com
2021-11-14
First Taproot-enforcing block
twitter.com
2021-12-06
Far-future dated Locktime value
-
2022-01-13
Unspendable output due to invalid public key
suredbits.com
2022-05-18
Lightning Network penalty transaction
fiatjaf.com
2022-10-09
@brqgoo's 998-of-999 tapscript multisig
github.com
2022-11-01
@brqgoo's (second) LND-breaking transaction
github.com
2022-12-14
Ordinals Inscription #0
ordinals.com