{"id":69209,"date":"2026-01-24T16:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=69209"},"modified":"2026-01-24T16:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:31:32","slug":"on-this-date-16-years-ago-seller-offered-500-bitcoin-for-1-worth-45-million-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=69209","title":{"rendered":"On This Date 16 Years Ago, Seller Offered 500 Bitcoin for $1 \u2014 Worth $45 Million Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>An offer made 16 years ago to sell 500 <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) for just $1 is trending online.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchange,\u00a0<strong>Binance<\/strong>, celebrated Bitcoin\u2019s valuation surge by sharing\u00a0a 2010 Bitcointalk post on X. In\u00a0the post,\u00a0a user offered\u00a0a digital image for 500\u00a0BTC, which was equivalent to $1 at the time, signifying the early, experimental stages of the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On January 24, 2010, a Bitcointalk user named Sabunir tried to sell a picture for 500 Bitcoin, about $1 in value at the time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FubFAssJ4k\">pic.twitter.com\/FubFAssJ4k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Binance (@binance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/binance\/status\/2014941416980390064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Fast forward 16 years, the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/%252Fon-this-date-16-years-ago-seller-offered-500-bitcoin-for-1-worth-45-million-today?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"On\" this date years ago seller offered bitcoin for worth million today>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An offer made 16 years ago to sell 500 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) for just $1 is trending online. The world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchange,\u00a0Binance, celebrated Bitcoin\u2019s valuation surge by sharing\u00a0a 2010 Bitcointalk post on X. In\u00a0the post,\u00a0a user offered\u00a0a digital image for 500\u00a0BTC, which was equivalent to $1 at the time, signifying the early, experimental stages [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-69209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}