Timeline of Bitcoin

This is a timeline of , attempting to describe the evolution of the cryptocurrency and its influence around the world. All version updates are included.

Sample questions
The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline:


 * How did evolve over time?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Software version".
 * You will see a complete list of all version updates.
 * What are some milestone transactions involving Bitcoin?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Milestone transaction".
 * You will discover some historic events, like two pizzas having been ordered in exchange for 10,000 bitcoins in 2010.
 * What are some historic heists and hacks involving Bitcoins?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Security".
 * You will discover some important heists, like the hack, Bitcoin's biggest heist to date.
 * What are some notable bitcoin forks?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Bitcoin fork".
 * You will see a list of major forks.

Visual Data
The image below illustrates the evolution of Bitcoin daily price in United States Dollars across the years. See the boom at the end of 2017, and the subsequent Bitcoin crash.



Wikipedia pageviews
The image below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia page from December 2007 to December 2019 on desktop, and from July 2015 (see vertical red line) to December 2019 on mobile web and mobile app.



Google Trends
The image below shows Google Trends data from January 1 2004 to January 29 2020, when the screenshot was taken. Search peaks in November 2017, during a boom preceding the.



Mentions on Google Scholar
The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar.

GitHub repositories
The following table summarizes cumulative repositories on GitHub.

How the timeline was built
is available.

What the timeline is still missing

 * (Visual data)