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SATOSHI'S BIRTHDAY
April 5, 1975
is the date Satoshi claimed as his birthday.
While we cannot know if this was indeed his true birth date, it
is very interesting.
April 5th
(1933) was the day that Executive Order 6102 was signed by US
President Franklin D. Roosevelt "forbidding the hoarding of gold
coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental
United States."
1975
was the year the repeal of EO 6102 went into effect, and US
citizens were once again allowed to hold more than 5oz of gold.
A NUMERIC PALINDROME 6102-2016
6102
was the number of the above-mentioned Executive Order.
2016
is the number of blocks mined during each difficulty adjustment
(approximately 2 weeks).