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The first person-to-person Bitcoin transaction

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

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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.