Hmmm!!!! So this is actually the way the first website looked ?  Well I had no idea about it old looks and since am familiar with this new look, this image you post kinda looks bizzare and too plain. Well what would you have anyone expect, I mean it was the early stages so a lot of corrections was still going on and that same the way the price of bitcoin was also poor but evolution is rather constant and thats why both the website and the actual coin itself has evolved so greatly and I know there are still more upgrades to come in more in this crypto journey.

It started in late 2008 and that website appeared in 2008 already as a first email sent by Satoshi Nakamoto is archive at Satotshi Nakamoto Institute.

Shows his first email was sent for Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper at (2008-10-31 18:10:00 UTC)

He wrote that the Bitcoin white paper is at bitcoin.org in 2008 but unfortunately we don't have its archive on Wayback Machine.

Yes indeed, that's a graphic design that's capable of making people run away from Bitcoin, Kudos to all the old Bitcoin holders that still held Bitcoin since day one, I wonder where they get their courage from.

There are some good projects in crypto space that started with a very bad looking journey, it's same with Ethereum and some popular projects in crypto space today, Matic is another good example, bad design, a different name, and as time goes on they upgrade their website design and also the name. ..

You need more than courage to start with a crypto project at the beginning and see it successful while you holding your bags.

It's not easy.

To be fair, a good amount of websites are very html-only like this one back then. And add to the fact that we're talking about open-source projects, in which a good number of devs prefer very lightweight sites such as this one for page-load speed reasons.

I was not aware of such transaction (with usage of ip address) and i think it's must not be safe way back then. Because ip address could be used to track anybody (or receiver too) then what purpose of BTC's anonymity and decentralization remains there. Well, i think, back then, most of the people preferred offline way (by using wallet address). Because this can not be linked to any single entity's ID. I am happy this method doesn't exist now. Well, the layout was simple and User friendly back then too. Which is a good sign but other than that i can not find another difference, as this also shows the confirmation status, plus i think today we do not get to see the "message option" as it was back then. Or maybe we still have that option but rarely of usage.

I was totally unaware of this tool you used and it is really great Thanks for it.

It depends on what you consider a "normal" looking website.  

If we take a trip down memory lane with the help of the Wayback Machine, we can see that the bitcoin.org website underwent a makeover makeover back in December 2010. And, even during that early stage, the website already boasted translations into several globally spoken languages.

https://web.archive.org/web/20101230111105/http://www.bitcoin.org/



Back in those days, when Bitcoin was just beginning to gain traction, one of the primary locations where people could get the official Bitcoin client was the official website itself, bitcoin.org. The bitcoin.org domain was registered by Satoshi. As the original creator, there is no one more official than him when it comes to Bitcoin. A lot of things changed after he left.

I am sure many persons like myself are seeing and knowing this for the first time since from whence they started using bitcoin. And when we come across such informations it reminds us that it's pertinent to go way way back to history of bitcoin cause undoubtedly having the knowledge about the history of anything you're interested about is one other way to having a better guide of direction about the possible future for such a thing.

From the picture provided by by OP above the difference is very clear about a lot of changes that have taken place over the year's in the process of bitcoin transactions. And we hope to see a more better technological features and future for bitcoin in the coming years ahead.

I get it and I really wish today this was the case as well. Complicated websites are fun only for the eyes, but they’re mentally exhausting when all you need is a download link or text to read. I think today bitcoin.org is still pretty lightweight, loads very fast for me at least. But still, sometimes simpler is so much better..

I was unaware of this until you revealed the first Bitcoin website and how it appears.

Thank goodness for the advancement of technology. How are we to be running our bitcoin transactions if that bitcoin still functions with its old method of using an IP address to receive bitcoin up till now? While bitcoin is supposed to be transacted anonymously. That means anyone that wants to get involved with bitcoin will have to reveal his IP address, which makes him be easily traced by third parties or the government. No wonder, why so many people that heard about bitcoin at its early stage didn't bother to invest in it because they didn't want their IP addresses to be made public before transmitting or receiving bitcoin.