This is a timeline of Bitcoin.
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Full timeline
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2008 |
000000002024-08-18-0000August 18 |
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bitcoin.org is registered on this day.[1]
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2008 |
000000002024-11-01-0000November 1 |
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The first public version of Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper, titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", is published.[1][2]
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2009 |
000000002024-01-12-0000January 12 |
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The first Bitcoin transaction takes place, from Satoshi Nakamoto to Hal Finney.[3]
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2009 |
000000002024-08-29-0000August 29 |
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The first revision in the Bitcoin Git repository is made on this day. However this commit is converted from the Subversion revision control system.[1][4]
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2009 |
000000002024-10-12-0000October 12 |
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The first trade of bitcoin for fiat money takes place. Martti Malmi (Sirius) sells 5,050 BTC to NewLibertyStandard for $5.02.[3][5]
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2009 |
000000002024-12-16-0000December 16 |
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Bitcoin version 0.2 is released.[6]
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2010 |
000000002024-09-09-0000September 9 |
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The main Bitcoin subreddit, r/Bitcoin, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 241,000 subscribers.[7]
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2011 |
000000002024-05-20-0000May 20 |
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The subreddit r/btc is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 40,000 subscribers.[8]
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2011 |
000000002024-06-15-0000June 15 |
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The Bitcoin mining subreddit, r/BitcoinMining, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 13,000 subscribers.[9]
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2012 |
000000002024-05-30-0000May 30 |
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The Bitcoin Magazine subreddit, r/BitcoinMagazine, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 788 subscribers.[10]
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2012 |
000000002024-06-01-0000June |
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Coinbase, a digital asset exchange company that operates exchanges of Bitcoin (among other digital currencies), is founded.[11][12]
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2012 |
000000002024-09-01-0000September |
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The Bitcoin Foundation is founded.[13]
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2013 |
000000002024-02-15-0000February 15 |
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The subreddit r/Jobs4Bitcoins is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 12,000 subscribers.[14]
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2013 |
000000002024-03-06-0000March 6 |
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The subreddit r/BitcoinBeginners is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 14,000 subscribers.[15]
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2013 |
000000002024-04-11-0000April 11 |
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The subreddit r/BitcoinMarkets is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 34,000 subscribers.[16]
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 gwern (May 27, 2011). "Bitcoin is Worse is Better". Gwern.net. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper". November 1, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bitcoin Firsts". Bitcoin Wiki. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "First commit · bitcoin/bitcoin@4405b78". GitHub. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Martti Malmi on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
Found the first known bitcoin to USD transaction from my email backups. I sold 5,050 BTC for $5,02 on 2009-10-12.
- ↑ satoshi. "Bitcoin 0.2 released!". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "moderators - r/Bitcoin". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
a community for 6 years [Thu Sep 9 14:30:26 2010 UTC]
- ↑ "moderators - r/btc". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
a community for 6 years [Fri May 20 10:07:02 2011 UTC]
- ↑ "moderators - r/BitcoinMining". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
a community for 5 years [Wed Jun 15 16:20:02 2011 UTC]
- ↑ "moderators - r/BitcoinMagazine". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
a community for 5 years [Wed May 30 07:48:30 2012 UTC]
- ↑ "Coinbase - Buy and Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin.
- ↑ "Coinbase". Crunchbase. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
Founded: June 1, 2012
Crunchbase gives June 1 as the founding date, but Wikipedia gives June 20 with no citation.
- ↑ Matonis, Jon (September 27, 2012). "Bitcoin Foundation Launches To Drive Bitcoin's Advancement". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013.
Several months in the making, the Bitcoin Foundation launches this week
- ↑ "moderators - r/Jobs4Bitcoins". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
a community for 4 years [Fri Feb 15 16:11:25 2013 UTC]
- ↑ "moderators - r/BitcoinBeginners". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
a community for 4 years [Wed Mar 6 11:35:47 2013 UTC]
- ↑ "moderators - r/BitcoinMarkets". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
a community for 4 years [Thu Apr 11 08:23:13 2013 UTC]