Toward the Moon: Genesis Mining Sends the First Bitcoin Into Space

Bitcoin has come a long way since it was first introduced to the cyberpunk world by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, and now for the first time, space travel history has been made with the digital currency.
Genesis Mining, a major bitcoin cloud mining company, recently conducted the first peer-to-peer financial transaction in space.
Searching for a way to increase awareness of Bitcoin, while educating people about its benefits as the standard bearer for digital currencies, Genesis Mining decided that sending bitcoin into space was the perfect way to achieve this goal.
Speaking to Bitcoin Magazine, Marco Streng, CEO and cofounder of Genesis Mining, said that the Bitcoin community started using the catchphrase ‘to the moon’ when the growth of the digital currency was rapidly escalating. For the company, this was their way of saying that they think this ambition is still possible.
‘We hope its value and the value it returns to the world will continue to grow and we believe firmly that there are no limits to its success,’ Streng said.

This post was published at Bitcoin Magazine on Sep 20, 2016.