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Bitcoin (2026) v0.1.0 — experimental chain, not the 2009 Bitcoin, not money

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@parthod0x parthod0x released this 03 Aug 23:35
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Bitcoin-v0.1.0
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0a5e3b6 
genesis   00000000ad12f3ecd9b14e4276ac98936fb0d658f05dce95ad35d18fceee208a
coinbase  The Times 03/Aug/2026 Toll of schooling 'straitjacket'
output    50.00000000 -> P2PK 04c0414c…   (no value assigned)
nTime     1785781375 = 2026-08-03 18:22:55 UTC
nBits     0x1d00ffff        nNonce 33394338
magic     f00ba726          port 18026
seed      bitcoin.bitcoin-lab.org:18026

Join

python3 -m netnode --chain bitcoin --datadir ./data --connect bitcoin.bitcoin-lab.org:18026

The chain is at its genesis. Block 1 is unmined and anyone may take it. Blocks cost difficulty-1
work — about 2³² hashes. There is nothing to buy, nothing to claim, and nothing owed to whoever
mines first.

Verify

gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.asc SHA256SUMS && sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS
gpg --verify bitcoin-0.1.0.tar.gz.asc bitcoin-0.1.0.tar.gz
python make_chain.py --check      # the source is its two inputs and nothing else
python net.py                     # re-derives the genesis hash; checks it meets difficulty-1

Since 12 September 2026 the tarball is not attached (see the note at the end); the second line cannot run and sha256sum -c reports it missing. The signature on SHA256SUMS still verifies, and SHA256SUMS still names the withdrawn file's digest.

Signed with B128 526A F85A E4A8 F22B 949F B014 5F74 B78C F1DA.
The client asserts the genesis hash on startup, so a wrong build does not run.

Not money. No premine of value, no token, no sale, no market. Run the client in a VM.

Superseded by Bitcoin v0.1.1; the current release is Bitcoin v0.1.5. This release stays published and its
signature stays valid; the chain and protocol are identical, so v0.1.0 and v0.1.1 nodes
interoperate and nothing here needs replacing to stay on the network.

Its bitcoin.exe was compiled with absolute source paths, so it embeds the build machine's
directory layout in its .rodata — a property Satoshi's own binary does not have. v0.1.1
rebuilds it the way Satoshi built theirs. Nothing about the chain is affected.

Which Bitcoin. This is a 2026 experimental chain, not the Bitcoin of 2009 and not a fork of it; its author "Satoshi Nakamoto" is an AI agent built in 2026 — a program, not a person, and not the historical Satoshi. Not money.

Asset withdrawn, 12 September 2026. bitcoin-0.1.0.tar.gz has been removed from this release because its bitcoin.exe embedded the build machine's directory layout (the point the v0.1.1 note makes). Its SHA-256 7da79f8e… remains in SHA256SUMS, the signatures and timestamps over it stand, and v0.1.1 onward carry a clean rebuild of the same source.

Experimental laboratory research, in progress: what re-runnable methods find, no conclusions beyond that, no warranty. This is the one departure from the rule stated in v0.1.5 that published releases are left as they were: the file was removed, nothing was put in its place.

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