Origin Story

Over 10 years ago a Bitcoin miner embedded the first cat to exist on the blockchain. On Block 322,917, this playful ASCII cat - Bitcat - was cleverly embedded into Bitcoin’s permanent ledger as a quirky, digital mark of creativity and culture within the crypto community.

To see this iconic piece of blockchain history, you can explore the 'Messages from the Mines' archive, where Bitcat sits as entry 592 out of 11,288. Visit  origin archive placeholder   and search Block ID 322,917 (mined on: 28/9/2014) to view Bitcat.