Seventeen years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto executed what would become a watershed moment in crypto history—sending 10 BTC to Hal Finney in the very first peer-to-peer Bitcoin transaction.

It wasn't just a transfer of digital assets. That single transaction proved the network actually worked, that decentralized value could move directly between peers without intermediaries. No banks, no gatekeepers.

Today, billions in cryptocurrency flow across blockchains every day, but it all traces back to that moment. When you send crypto to someone, you're participating in the same vision Satoshi and Hal demonstrated back then.

Worth remembering.