Vintage alpha
A vintage sat that starts a bitcoin: a multiple of 100,000,000 below 5,000,000,000,000, mined in blocks 0 to 999. 50,000 exist.
How a sat qualifies
The row's definition is vintage and alpha. A sat is an alpha when its number is a multiple of 100,000,000: it is the first sat of a whole bitcoin. Vintage sats are sats 0 to 4,999,999,999,999 (blocks 0 to 999), so the vintage alphas are sats 0, 100,000,000, 200,000,000 and so on up to 4,999,900,000,000: 5,000,000,000,000 ÷ 100,000,000 = 50,000, fifty in each 50 BTC block.
Alpha is not a rarity tier, so nothing is taken out: the first alpha of each block is also its first sat, an uncommon (sat 0, block 0's, is mythic), and those stay in this row as well. The other 49 alphas of each block lie inside it.
The alphas of the historic blocks inside the range are vintage alphas too, and have rows of their own: Block 9 alpha, Block 78 alpha, Block 286 alpha, Block 666 alpha, and the Nakamoto alphas of blocks 9, 286, 688 and 877.
Why collectors care
An alpha marks a round bitcoin boundary; a vintage one marks it in the first 50,000 bitcoin. The set is fixed and fully mined.
How many
- Will ever exist: 50,000, all mined.
- Extracted, each held alone in a small output: 433.
- Addresses holding one: 2,777.
Supply and market
| Category | Will exist | Mined | Extracted | Last sale | Floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage alpha | 50,000 | 50,000 | 433 | 49,000 sats | 279,000 sats |
As of block 972,427. Prices are per sat.