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letsencrypt.org
12/08/2026
Going Back to Our Roots: A Little Piece of Let's Encrypt History
Ten years ago, we printed one of the nerdiest t-shirts we’ve ever made. On the front was the entire PEM encoding of ISRG Root X1 in base64. Back then, it represented a future we were working toward. Today, that same design tells the story of just how