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January 12, 2009Origins & cultureRecords & milestonesdocumented

The first person-to-person Bitcoin transaction

Satoshi Nakamoto sent 10 BTC to Hal Finney in Bitcoin’s first known transfer between two people.

The transaction was confirmed in block 170 after Finney began testing the software. It demonstrated that independently operated clients could create, relay, and settle a payment on the new network.