I don't often write about subjects that are not directly related to mining but this morning I will make an exception.

During my morning reading of Slashdot an article caught my eye, it was entitled "Study: People Are Biased Against Creative Thinking" and it linked to an interesting article on …

[] 4 years ago today (or 6:15 pm on the 3rd of January, 2009 UTC/GMT) Satoshi Nakamoto's computer generated the fist ever bitcoin block.  Weighing in at just under .3 of a Kilobyte it is a testament to the old adage "good things come in small packages".

While the …