The oldest signature from January 2009 was uncovered by an NFT creator and posted on the trading service.
The forum findings
An anonymous discussion was held among the crypto users, with the main question about Bitcoin verification and the oldest certificate ever created by the service. Now the verification certificate is published as a non-fundable token and is open for trading and collecting.
The online forum, where the creator of Bitcoin and his first investors and contributors worked together to talk about the new currency and build a new redistributed finance managing service from the ground up, is a crucial part of the history of Bitcoin.
The discourses about the invention of Bitcoin are still available on bitcointalk.org, one of the first crypto-related forums.
Recently, a curious user of the bitcointalk.org forum tried to locate an early Bitcoin miner. Amazingly, in only one week after the creation of the new cryptocurrency in January 2009, an anonymous member shared his signature.
After approving the authenticity of the first Bitcoin confirmation to be ever discovered, another member expressed a thought that the signature might have been the OP inviting Satoshi.
He posted the signature on the 26th of November this year, under the alias OneSignature, which only served to heighten the mystery.
The observation of Bitcoin-holding account
Since OneSignature’s report, posted on its official webpage, doesn’t reveal other forum participation, it is evident that the only purpose for it to be displayed was the desire to show the oldest marked signature of the Bitcoin system.
The password-protected Twitter account was set up in October 2009, according to a closer examination of the username.
The anonymous poster’s use of an uncredited address has been verified by Cointelegraph. While occasionally piquing the public’s interest, the disclosure of signatures from the time Bitcoin was created confirms that those responsible for its legacy are closely monitoring the ecosystem.
Bitcoin has consistently triumphed despite years of regulatory challenges and a lingering bear market. The mining ecosystem is being further strained, though, by the declining value of Bitcoin.
The last time BTC miners’ incomes in USD were recorded was November 2, 2020, and they are presently at the lowest point of eleven million dollars.
