Bitcoin’s genesis block made Elon Musk remember one of his favorite video games
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken note of the 13th anniversary of Bitcoin’s genesis block in a reply to former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeting the code that marked the beginning of the world’s first blockchain.
Musk says it reminds him of the spell of a modified version of “Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny,” a popular role-playing video game released in March 1988.
In August 2016, Musk tweeted that Ultima V was one of his favorite childhood games.
Some gamers usually use a hex editor, a program for manipulating fundamental binary data, to activate cheats for PC games.
A trillion-dollar asset
The first Bitcoin block was mined on Jan. 3, 2009, by pseudonymous founder Satoshi Nakamoto.
The flagship cryptocurrency has come a long way since then. Last February, Bitcoin broke the $ 1 trillion mark for the first time.
The world’s oldest cryptocurrency has experienced strong institutional adoption in 2021, with traditional financial institutions finally recognizing it as a standalone asset class.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission also gave the green light to the very first exchange-traded fund based on Bitcoin futures in October.
Musk says he didn’t create Bitcoin
As reported by U.Today, Elon Musk recently reiterated that he wasn’t Satoshi amid renewed rumors about his possible involvement in creating Bitcoin.
Tesla CEO also named cryptographer Nick Szabo as his top candidate for Satoshi.
Musk has repeatedly taken aim at Bitcoin’s scaling issues, recently describing its speed as “comically low.”
The billionaire believes Dogecoin is better suited for daily payments.
