Origin Story

More than a decade ago, a Bitcoin miner embedded the first cat on the blockchain. In block 322,917, this mischievous ASCII cat—Bitcat—was cleverly embedded into Bitcoin's permanent ledger, becoming a quirky digital symbol of creativity and culture in the crypto community. To view this iconic piece of blockchain history, you can explore the 'Messages from the Mines' archive, where Bitcat is located at entry 592 out of 11,288. Visit (messagesfromthemines.brangerbriz.com) and search for block ID 322,917 (mining date: September 28, 2014) to see Bitcat.

322,917

Block

592

Entry

September 28, 2014

Mining Date