6/12/2010
🚰 First Bitcoin Faucet
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On June 12, 2010, Gavin Andresen launched the first bitcoin faucet. The faucet dispensed 5 BTC for solving a Captcha. In total, the faucet distributed 19,700 BTC.
Sources:
https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1749720321.977781/index.html#singlefile.html
https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1749720375.82822/index.html#singlefile.html