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On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Bitcoin genesis block. This marks the official birth of the Bitcoin blockchain. The genesis block is the first (zero) block of the blockchain. It is special because it does not reference any previous block.
The genesis block contains a dated headline from a newspaper article "The Times: The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks."