A Reminder On Bitcoin's 13th Birthday: Why It Is Important to Self-Custody Your Keys
On January 3, 2009, the first Bitcoin (BTC) block, also known as the Genesis block, was mined by the project's pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Today marks exactly thirteen years from the event, and the crypto community is celebrating Bitcoin becoming a teenager (Happy Bitcoin Birthday!).
Today is also one more thing: it is the fourth Proof of Keys Day (PoK), an event meant to examine whether Bitcoin users really own their coins or not, which is led by the famous ‘not your keys, not your coins’ adage.
“You can consider Proof of Keys a combat readiness drill. Hopefully, it will help prevent further annoying skirmishes with those who despise individuals empowered with monetary sovereignty,” the event's official website explains.
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