Bitcoin Coins Mined for Mere Cents in 2010 Resurface After 16 Years, Now Valued at $8.5 Million
In early 2010, when Bitcoin was still a fledgling experiment known only to a handful of cryptography enthusiasts and programmers, the digital currency could be acquired for a fraction of a cent. At that time, the network’s mining difficulty was low, and the reward for successfully adding a new block to the blockchain was 50 BTC. Two miners, working with the original reference client, each solved …
Oct. 8, 2026, 11:30 a.m.