{"id":40763,"date":"2021-04-14T18:17:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T15:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=40763"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T12:37:46","slug":"coinbase-memorialises-nasdaq-listing-with-a-nod-to-the-bitcoin-genesis-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/coinbase-memorialises-nasdaq-listing-with-a-nod-to-the-bitcoin-genesis-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase memorialises Nasdaq listing with a nod to the Bitcoin genesis block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mining pool F2Pool, at the request of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase <a href=\"https:\/\/blockchair.com\/bitcoin\/block\/679187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">embedded<\/a> the headline of The New York Times article &#8216;House Gives Final Approval to Biden\u2019s $1.9T Pandemic Relief Bill Mine&#8217; from The New York Times (NYT) on March 10, 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On 03\/Jan\/2009, Satoshi coded a message into the Bitcoin Genesis Block. As a nod to Satoshi on our listing day, we asked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/f2pool_official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@f2pool_official<\/a> to embed a message in the Bitcoin blockchain: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lwHNlTUskt\">https:\/\/t.co\/lwHNlTUskt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coinbase (@coinbase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinbase\/status\/1382338154053607429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NYT headline refers to the US authorities&#8217; approval of a $1.9 trillion economic-relief package aimed at addressing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The measures proposed by US President Joe Biden provide payments of $1,400 to Americans earning less than $75,000 per year. Another provision extends unemployment support until September.<\/p>\n<p>The message in block #679187 is an allusion to The Times&#8217; headline &#8216;Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks&#8217;, which Satoshi Nakamoto embedded in the hash of the genesis block.<\/p>\n<p>Since the launch of the Bitcoin mainnet on 3 January 2009, more than 12 years have elapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, exchange rates and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the request of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, the mining pool F2Pool embedded into the Bitcoin blockchain the headline of The New York Times article &#8216;House Gives Final Approval to Biden\u2019s $1.9T Pandemic Relief Bill Mine&#8217; from The New York Times (NYT) dated March 10, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25,1166,138,232,1286,111,1211],"class_list":["post-40763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-coinbase","tag-f2pool","tag-listing","tag-satoshi-nakamoto","tag-stock-market"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"34","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40765,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40763\/revisions\/40765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}