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StackSats | 10 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +30 
 15 years ago at block 170 the first #Bitcoin transaction took place 🥳

Satoshi sent 10 BTC to Hal https://image.nostr.build/c1bf4ca6dfbf47e78ee6a3d32063e6896812b842240d494030abc9ebe4c84dfa.png
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ObjectiF MooN⚡️₿ | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 0,00 sat/vb 🧐
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DugandRupe | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 1 sat per vbit when bitcoin had no value was one one hundredredmillionth of zero. Putting it as zero was just probably all the computers could cope with!!!!! 🙌
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Zach⚡️ | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 No, it was zero, fees were added later as a spam prevention method.
The USD price has no impact on the internal accounting of Bitcoin.
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DugandRupe | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 🙌
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DugandRupe | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Baller!
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Meridian | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I can picture them now... logging on to mempool.space, to see if it went through...