What Happened to $1,000 in Bitcoin
on January 3, 2009?
Bitcoin was $0.000100 on this date. See what your investment would be worth at today's prices.
Bitcoin's Genesis Block - January 3, 2009
On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first Bitcoin block - the Genesis Block - embedding the headline 'The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.' This single act created what would become a trillion-dollar asset class. Bitcoin had no market price in 2009; the first exchange rate of $0.0008 wasn't established until October 2009. The $0.0001 figure represents approximate early miner cost estimates. Anyone who could have bought a single Bitcoin in 2009 for a fraction of a cent would be holding an asset worth tens of thousands today.
Historical Price Comparison
| Period | Bitcoin Price | $1,000 Investment | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| On 2009-01-03 | $0.000100 | $1,000.00 | 0% |
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