On January 3, 2009, a server in Helsinki, Finland completed a historic calculation—the first block of Bitcoin was mined by Satoshi Nakamoto. Seventeen years have passed in the blink of an eye, and this date has become one of the most important commemorative days in the entire digital finance field.

In that genesis block, Satoshi Nakamoto left a very interesting message: the headline of The Times on that day—"The Chancellor is on the brink of a second emergency rescue for banks." This is not just a simple timestamp; it hides his deep reflection on the entire financial system. Traditional banks need government aid to survive, while Bitcoin aims to build an alternative: a free cash system that does not rely on any central authority and is maintained entirely by participants.

From that line of code, thought experiments about trust, value, and how technology can change the world gradually evolved into the cryptocurrency ecosystem we see today. No matter how complex financial innovations become, they ultimately stem from that simple yet powerful initial idea.

Salute to Satoshi Nakamoto.