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Nicholas Bohm to Satoshi: a block generated for +50.10 (May 17, 2009)

Nicholas Bohm May 17, 2009 10:11 UTC

Bitcoin continues to run smoothly, but I noticed an unusual event:

731 blocks      11/05/2009 15:58    Generated         +50.10

All prior and subsequent generated packers have been of exactly 50.

Just in case this is of interest!

Regards,

Nicholas

Original external source

https://eth.loan/pdfs/20090517-Bitcoin-201130.pdf
From exhibit NB1 to Nicholas Bohm's witness statement in COPA v Wright: his own export of his correspondence with Satoshi from Mozilla Thunderbird, filed in July 2023 and put online by decashed.eth in January 2025. The time is the one shown in Bohm's mail client (UK time), converted to UTC. The postal address and telephone numbers in Bohm's signature are omitted.