Celebrating big round block heights is an essential part of Bitcoin Culture. There is no technical significance to block 800,000. Rather it serves as a milestone on the journey from Bitcoin Genesis to the ultimate destination of this revolutionary technology. Celebrate the human significance of 800,000.
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What is the significance of 800,000? Isn't 179,432 just as significant other than it being a lower number?
In a base 10 system, numbers that end in zeros, particularly a lot of zeros, feel like significant milestones. The block height will begin with an 8 for almost 2 more years, so that change of appearance is also significant.
When we reach block 1,000,000, that will feel even more significant, since it will be the first time ever that we'll have a block height made of 7 digits, and another 19 years or so after that before the block height will start with a 2.
Right on! Thanks for that :)
We also like to nerd out to palindromes and ambigrams.
800k's are going to be lit. 🔥