Difference between revisions of "Timeline of Bitcoin"

 

This is a '''timeline of {{w|Bitcoin}}''', attempting to describe the evolution of the cryptocurrency and its influence around the world. All {{w|Bitcoin Core}} version updates are included.

 

 

 

* Other events are described under the following types: "Blockchain company", "{{w|Broadcasting}}", "Corporation policy", "Education", "Fraud case", "Legal", "{{w|Market capitalization}}", "Notable case", "Notable people", "Notable prediction", "Research", "Service shutdown", and "Website launch".

| 2013 || First crash || The price of one Bitcoin reaches US$1,000 for the first time. Shortly after, the price quickly begins to decline, plummetting to around U$300. It would take more than two years before the price reached $1,000 again.<ref name="A Short History Of Bitcoin And Crypto Currency Everyone Should Read">{{cite web |title=A Short History Of Bitcoin And Crypto Currency Everyone Should Read |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/12/06/a-short-history-of-bitcoin-and-crypto-currency-everyone-should-read/#593a48143f27 |website=forbes.com |accessdate=30 December 2019}}</ref>

! Year !! Month and date !! Event type !! Details !! Country/location

| 2009 || {{dts|October 9}}–12 || {{w|Content creation}} || The channel #bitcoin-dev is apparently registered on the [[wikipedia:Freenode|Freenode]] IRC network around this time. The two sources documenting this have conflicting dates, neither provides a source, and it's unclear how to tell when a channel was registered.<ref name="cat_hist" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jjw4DAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT4&ots=UAySAnv_Jt&dq=freenode%20%22bitcoin-dev%22&pg=PT4#v=onepage&q=freenode%20%22bitcoin-dev%22&f=false |title=Be a BITCOIN Millionaire |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> Discussion about chat logs would only come almost a year later.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=986.0 |title=Freenode / #Bitcoin-Dev Chat Logs |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2009 || {{dts|October 12}} || Milestone transaction || The first trade of Bitcoin for [[wikipedia:Fiat money|fiat money]] takes place. Martti Malmi (Sirius) sells 5,050 BTC to NewLibertyStandard for $5.02.<ref name="firsts" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/marttimalmi/status/423455561703624704 |title=Martti Malmi on Twitter |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=Found the first known bitcoin to USD transaction from my email backups. I sold 5,050 BTC for $5,02 on 2009-10-12.}}</ref> ||

| 2009 || {{dts|November 22}} || {{w|Content creation}} || Bitcoin Talk, a discussion forum about Bitcoin, is created.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitcoinTalk |title=BitcoinTalk - Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 24, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2009 || {{dts|December 30}} || || The first difficulty increase occurs, from 1 to 1.18.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blockchain.info/block/000000004f2886a170adb7204cb0c7a824217dd24d11a74423d564c4e0904967 |title=Bitcoin Block #32256 |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ggtrust.com/currency/files/2015/06/3.-Basics-of-Cryptocurrency.pdf |title=PowerPoint Presentation - 3.-Basics-of-Cryptocurrency.pdf |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cat_hist" /> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|February 6}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || An early version of Bitcoin Market begins operating.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Market |title=Bitcoin Market |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|March 17}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || BitcoinMarket.com starts operating as the first bitcoin exchange. The price per Bitcoin is of around US$0.003 at the time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin History part 3 |url=https://www.pivot.one/share/post/5c21d34e595ce716ecc10970?uid=5baf14acf3098d7b5b37ac16&invite_code=CVWPZS |website=pivot.one |accessdate=30 December 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|April}}–May || Mining || Laszlo Hanecz (also "Hanyecz") begins mining bitcoin with a GPU around this time. On May 17 he wins twenty-eight blocks; these wins give him fourteen hundred new coins that day.<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /> || {{w|United States}}

| 2010 || {{dts|May 22}} || Milestone transaction || Laszlo Hanyecz (laszlo) reports that he has traded 10,000 of his bitcoins for two pizzas ordered by Jeremy Sturdivant (jercos). This transaction is the first documented purchase of a good using bitcoin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Laszlo_Hanyecz |title=Laszlo Hanyecz |publisher=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Jercos |title=Jercos |publisher=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0 |title=Pizza for bitcoins? |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2010 || {{dts|July}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || Ross Ulbricht begins the development of Silk Road.<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|July 11}} || Currency adoption || Release of Bitcoin version 0.3 is posted to Slashdot. This is the result of a "campaign to get Bitcoin real press coverage". With the increase in traffic from Slashdot, the Bitcoin website temporarily goes down. Despite "the derogatory comments that showed up under the Slashdot item", this brings in a bunch of new Bitcoin users: "The number of downloads would jump from around three thousand in June to over twenty thousand in July. The day after the Slashdot piece appeared, Gavin Andresen's Bitcoin faucet gave away 5,000 Bitcoins and was running empty."<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://historyofbitcoin.org/ |title=Bitcoin History: The Complete History of Bitcoin [Timeline] |accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|July 18}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || {{w|Mt. Gox}}, a bitcoin exchange founded by Jed McCaleb, is announced.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gwern.net/docs/2014-mccaleb |author=Jed McCaleb |date=February 16, 2014 |title=Jed McCaleb interview |website=Gwern.net |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=444.0 |title=New Bitcoin Exchange (mtgox.com) |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |author=mtgox}}</ref> McCaleb had heard about Bitcoin from the Slashdot post several days earlier.<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|July 18}} || Mining || ArtForz generates "his first block after establishing his personal OpenCL GPU hash farm". Apparently ArtForz announces this date on Bitcoin Talk, but neither source links to it, and a quick search didn't turn it up.<ref name="cat_hist" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ofnumbers.com/2014/04/20/how-artforz-changed-the-history-of-bitcoin-mining/ |title=How ArtForz changed the history of Bitcoin mining |date=April 20, 2014 |author=Tim Swanson |publisher=Great Wall of Numbers |accessdate=June 14, 2017 |quote=Assuming he began mining on July 18th (based on his forum post stating that)}}</ref> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|July}} (late) || {{w|Content creation}} || Martti Malmi launches the non-English Bitcoin forum, in Russian.<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|September 9}} || {{w|Content creation}} || The main Bitcoin subreddit, r/Bitcoin, is created. As of March 28, 2020 it has over 1,3 million members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin - The Currency of the Internet |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/new/ |website=reddit.com |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|October 17}} || {{w|Content creation}} || The Freenode IRC channel #bitcoin-otc is established. (Citation gives this date but does not provide a source.)<ref name="cat_hist" /> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|November 6}} || {{w|Market capitalization}} || Bitcoin market capitalization passes $1 million.<ref name="cat_hist" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1672 |title=Bitcoin economy passes US $1 Million! |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|December 12}} || Literature || The last post from the "satoshi" account on Bitcoin Talk is from this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3;sa=showPosts |title=Latest posts of: satoshi |accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2010 || {{dts|December 19}} || Notable people || American software developer {{w|Gavin Andresen}} announces that he is stepping in to do "more active project management for bitcoin".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2367.0;all |title=Development process straw-man |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/527051/the-man-who-really-built-bitcoin/ |author=Tom Simonite |title=Meet Gavin Andresen, the most powerful person in the world of Bitcoin |publisher=MIT Technology Review |date=August 15, 2014 |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2011 || || Physical bitcoin || Casascius coins are first created.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Casascius_physical_bitcoins |title=Casascius physical bitcoins |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 27, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|January 6}} || Milestone transaction || First documented payment for work using Bitcoin takes place around this time.<ref name="firsts" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bitcoinblogger.com/2011/01/power-of-bitcoins.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618021437/http://www.bitcoinblogger.com/2011/01/power-of-bitcoins.html |archivedate=June 18, 2013 |title=The Power of Bitcoins |website=Bitcoin Blogger |date=January 6, 2011 |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|February}} || {{w|Exchange company}} || [[wikipedia:Silk Road (marketplace)|Silk Road]], the first modern darknet market, launches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3984.msg57086#msg57086 |title=Silk Road: anonymous marketplace. Feedback requested :) |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref> Silk Road is the [[wikipedia:Darknet market#Silk Road and early markets|first darknet market to use both Tor and Bitcoin escrow]]. ||

| 2011 || {{dts|April 16}} || Literature || Jerry Brito's "Online Cash Bitcoin Could Challenge Governments, Banks" is published on ''Time''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://techland.time.com/2011/04/16/online-cash-bitcoin-could-challenge-governments/ |publisher=TIME.com |title=Online Cash Bitcoin Could Challenge Governments, Banks |author=Jerry Brito |date=April 16, 2011 |accessdate=June 24, 2017}}</ref> Nathaniel Popper calls this "the first mainstream news coverage for Bitcoin".<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /> || {{w|United States}}

| 2011 || {{dts|April}} (late){{snd}}May (early) || Notable people || The final emails from Satoshi Nakamoto are from this period.<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|May}} || {{w|Payment service provider}} || {{w|BitPay}}, a Bitcoin payment service provider, is founded.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bitpay |title=BitPay |publisher=Crunchbase |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=Founded: May 1, 2011}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2011 || {{dts|May 9}} || Physical bitcoin || The launch of Bitbills is announced. Bitbills are the first physical incarnation of bitcoins, coming in plastic cards that contain the cryptographic information.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitbills |title=Bitbills |publisher=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=7724.0 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514051850/http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=7724.0 |archivedate=May 14, 2011 |date=May 9, 2011 |author=llama |title=Introducing Bitbills! |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|May 20}} || {{w|Content creation}} || The subreddit r/btc is created. As of March 28, 2020 it has 289,000 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin - The Internet of Money |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/ |website=reddit.com |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|June 1}} || Literature || The Gawker piece on Silk Road is published.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gawker.com/the-underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imag-30818160 |title=The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable |author=Adrian Chen |publisher=Gawker |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="liu">{{cite web |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/turning-five-a-timeline-of-bitcoins-greatest-milestones |publisher=Motherboard |title=Turning Five: A Timeline of Bitcoin's Greatest Milestones |author=Alec Liu |date=January 5, 2014 |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|June 1}} || [[W:cryptocurrency exchange|Exchange company]] || [[w:BTCC (company)|BTCC]] launches as a bitcoin trading platform that enables its users to buy and sell bitcoins in the native Chinese CNY currency.<ref>{{cite web |title=BTCC |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/btcc#section-overview |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|June 14}} || Notable people || American software developer {{w|Gavin Andresen}} gives a talk on Bitcoin at the CIA.<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6652.msg251755#msg251755 |title=Re: Gavin will visit the CIA |accessdate=June 24, 2017 |author=Gavin Andresen |date=June 20, 2011 |quote=I just uploaded pdf and KeyNote versions of the talk I gave at the CIA last Tuesday}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/gavinandresen/status/80785477342478336?lang=en |title=Gavin Andresen on Twitter |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=June 24, 2017 |quote=My talk at the CIA went well today. The hallways there are REALLY wide, and full of interesting stuff.}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2011 || {{dts|June 15}} || {{w|Content creation}} || The Bitcoin mining subreddit, r/BitcoinMining, is created. As of March 28, 2020 it has 37,300 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin Mining Forums: Turning Computers Into Cash Since 2011 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMining/ |website=reddit.com |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|June 19}} || [[w:Cryptocurrency and security|Security]] || Mt. Gox is hacked, causing the price of bitcoin to drop "from $17 to 1 penny in less than an hour".<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /><ref name="The rise and fall of Mt. Gox"/> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|July 26}} || [[w:Cryptocurrency and security|Security]] || The Polish exchange site Bitomat temporarily goes offline.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitomat |title=Bitomat |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 25, 2017}}</ref> It would later be announced that the private keys belonging to customers' Bitcoin addresses were accidentally deleted.<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /> || {{w|Poland}}

| 2011 || {{dts|July 28}} || [[W:cryptocurrency exchange|Exchange company]] || [[w:Kraken (company)|Kraken]] launches in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kraken |url=https://captainaltcoin.com/kraken-review/ |website=captainaltcoin.com |accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kraken |url=https://www.bestbitcoinexchange.net/en/kraken-com/comment-page-3/ |website=bestbitcoinexchange.net |accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2011 || {{dts|July 29}} || Service shutdown || The bitcoin wallet service MyBitcoin shuts down. "The founder of the site, a man who called himself Tom Williams, was unresponsive and soon enough all the wallets were frozen."<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=32900.0 |title=mybitcoin down or just me? |accessdate=June 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/MyBitcoin |title=MyBitcoin |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 25, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|July}} || [[w:Cryptocurrency and security|Security]] || The operator of Bitomat, the third-largest bitcoin exchange, announces having lost access to his wallet.dat file with about 17,000 bitcoins (roughly equivalent to US$220,000 at that time). He announces that he would sell the service for the missing amount, aiming to use funds from the sale to refund his customers.<ref>Dotson, Kyt (1 August 2011) {{cite web |url=http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/08/01/third-largest-bitcoin-exchange-bitomat-lost-their-wallet-over-17000-bitcoins-missing/ |title=Third Largest Bitcoin Exchange Bitomat Lost Their Wallet, Over 17,000 Bitcoins Missing}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|August 19}} || Early development || The first Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) is submitted, explaining what a BIP is.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals |title=Bitcoin Improvement Proposals - Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0001.mediawiki |publisher=GitHub |title=bitcoin/bips |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|August}} (late) || Conference || The Bitcoin Conference & World Expo NYC 2011, organized by Bruce Wagner of ''The Bitcoin Show'', takes place.<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /> || {{w|United States}}

| 2011 || {{dts|August 30}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]])  || {{w|Blockchain.com}} launches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blockchain.com - The Most Trusted Crypto Company |url=https://www.blockchain.com/research |website=www.blockchain.com |access-date=11 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Blockchain.com - 48 Reviews - Bitcoin Exchange - BitTrust.org |url=http://bittrust.org/blockchaincom/0 |website=bittrust.org |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || {{dts|August}} ||  Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || Bitcoin exchange {{w|Bitstamp}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=bitstamp |url=https://www.bitstamp.net/article/bitstamps-fifth-anniversary/ |website=www.bitstamp.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bitstamp deja de operar en Londres luego de 8 años de funcionamiento |url=https://es.cointelegraph.com/news/bitstamp-reportedly-leaves-london-after-8-years-of-operation |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=11 February 2021 |language=es}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || ? || Notable acquisition || {{w|Roger Ver}} starts investing in Bitcoin shares in this year.<ref name="henryharvin">{{cite web |title=WHO ARE THE RICHEST BITCOIN OWNERS? Bitcoin - Henry Harvin |url=https://www.henryharvin.com/blog/who-are-the-top-richest-bitcoin-owners/ |website=www.henryharvin.com |access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref> ||

| 2012 || {{dts|April 24}} || Website launch || Satoshi Dice (now called [[wikipedia:MegaDice|MegaDice]]), a betting site, is announced on Bitcoin Talk by [[wikipedia:Erik Voorhees|Erik Voorhees]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=77870.0 |title=SatoshiDICE.com - The World's Most Popular Bitcoin Game |accessdate=June 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Dice |title=Satoshi Dice |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 27, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2012 || {{dts|May 30}} || {{w|Content creation}} || The Bitcoin Magazine subreddit, r/BitcoinMagazine, is created. As of March 28, 2020 it has 998 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin Magazine: Reading into Bitcoin |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMagazine/ |website=reddit.com |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> ||

| 2012 || {{dts|June}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || [[wikipedia:Coinbase|Coinbase]], a digital asset exchange company that operates exchanges of Bitcoin (among other digital currencies), is founded.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coinbase.com/about?locale=en-US |title=Coinbase - Buy and Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=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.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/coinbase |title=Coinbase |publisher=Crunchbase |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=Founded: June 1, 2012}} Crunchbase gives June 1 as the founding date, but Wikipedia gives June 20 with no citation.</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2012 || {{dts|June 15}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || {{w|LocalBitcoins}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=LocalBitcoins |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/localbitcoins |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=22 December 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2012 || {{dts|September 27}} || Organization || The [[wikipedia:Bitcoin Foundation|Bitcoin Foundation]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/09/27/bitcoin-foundation-launches-to-drive-bitcoins-advancement/ |first=Jon |last=Matonis |archivedate=January 23, 2013 |archiveurl=http://archive.is/0NaKf |title=Bitcoin Foundation Launches To Drive Bitcoin's Advancement |publisher=Forbes |date=September 27, 2012 |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=Several months in the making, the Bitcoin Foundation launches this week}}</ref><ref name="liu" /> || {{w|United States}}

| 2012 || {{dts|November 15}} || Milestone transaction || [[wikipedia:WordPress.com|WordPress.com]] begins accepting bitcoins for the purchase of upgrades.<ref name="firsts" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/pay-another-way-bitcoin/ |title=Pay Another Way: Bitcoin |date=November 15, 2012 |publisher=The WordPress.com Blog |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2012 || {{dts|November 23}} || Official response (negative) || The Central Bank of Norway releases per ethical guidelines indicating that it does not recognize cryptocurrencies, but it also does not prohibit its staff from owning or investing in them.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Norway}}

| 2012 || {{dts|November 29}} || Mining || The first Bitcoin halving event occurs at block height 210,000.<ref name="bitcoinblockhalf.coms">{{cite web |title=Bitcoin Block Reward Halving Countdown |url=https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/?fbclid=IwAR0PTtSY7ijsIWcHG6lop31QepEDsZo47ZTwrnKvk9hTYHkU4J8_BsNG-Tw |website=bitcoinblockhalf.com |accessdate=29 March 2020}}</ref> From then on, the amount of new Bitcoins issued every 10 minutes drops from 50 bitcoins to 25.<ref name="BITCOIN CLOCK">{{cite web |title=BITCOIN CLOCK |url=https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/bitcoin-clock/ |website=buybitcoinworldwide.com |accessdate=29 March 2020}}</ref> ||

| 2012 || {{dts|December}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || Cryptocurrency exchange {{w|Bitfinex}} launches.<ref>{{cite web |title=The (r)evolution has begun |url=https://blog.bitfinex.com/announcements/the-revolution-has-begun/ |website=Bitfinex blog |access-date=12 February 2021 |date=17 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || || Mining || The Bitcoin startup 21 is founded as 21e6. The company produces specialized bitcoin mining chips and also works toward the mass adoption of bitcoin by "building bitcoin products for the general public".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/03/10/secretive-bitcoin-startup-21-reveals-record-funds-hints-at-mass-consumer-play/ |author=Michael J. Casey |publisher=[[wikipedia:The Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]] |title=Secretive Bitcoin Startup 21 Reveals Record Funds, Hints at Mass Consumer Play |accessdate=June 28, 2017 |date=March 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|January 31}} || Mining || The first [[wikipedia:Application-specific integrated circuit|application-specific integrated circuits]] (ASICs) designed for Bitcoin mining are shipped.<ref name="liu" /> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|February 14}} || Milestone transaction || The social news aggregation website [[wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] begins accepting bitcoins for the purchase of reddit gold (reddit's premium membership).<ref name="firsts" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://redditblog.com/2013/02/14/new-gold-payment-options-bitcoin-and-credit-card/ |publisher=Upvoted |title=New Gold Payment Options: Bitcoin and Credit Card |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/14/reddit-starts-accepting-bitcoin-for-reddit-gold-purchases-thanks-to-partnership-with-coinbase/ |date=February 14, 2013 |publisher=TechCrunch |title=Reddit Starts Accepting Bitcoin for Reddit Gold Purchases Thanks To Partnership With Coinbase |author=Drew Olanoff |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|February 15}} || {{w|Content creation}} || The subreddit r/Jobs4Bitcoins is created. As of March 28, 2020 it has 27,100 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jobs4Bitcoins: Find Work, Find Workers! |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Jobs4Bitcoins/ |website=reddit.com |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|March 2}} || Organization || {{w|CloudHashing}} is founded. It is a bitcoin mining-as-a-service company offering cloud mining contracts.<ref>{{cite web |title=CloudHashing |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cloudhashing#section-overview |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|March 3}} || Conference || A secretive technology conference for "tech-industry power players" takes place. At the conference, [[wikipedia:Wences Casares|Wences Casares]] introduces or explains Bitcoin to business leaders including [[wikipedia:Reid Hoffman|Reid Hoffman]], [[wikipedia:Michael Ovitz|Michael Ovitz]], and [[wikipedia:Henry Blodget|Henry Blodget]].<ref name="popper_digitial_gold" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-bitcoin-2013-3 |date=March 6, 2013 |title=Suddenly, Everyone's Talking About Bitcoin... |publisher=Business Insider |accessdate=June 28, 2017 |author=Henry Blodget}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|March 6}} || {{w|Content creation}} || The subreddit r/BitcoinBeginners is created. As of March 28, 2020 it has 83,300 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin for Beginners |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinBeginners/ |website=reddit.com |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|March 12}} || {{w|Bitcoin fork}} || An unexpected fork of the Bitcoin blockchain occurs due to a newer version of the Bitcoin client accepting a particular block that older versions of the client reject.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitcoin/bips/master/bip-0050.mediawiki |title=March 2013 Chain Fork Post-Mortem |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/chainfork.html |title=11/12 March 2013 Chain Fork Information |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/3ddw3v/weathering-the-storm-bitcoin-finds-new-resiliency |publisher=Motherboard |title=Weathering the Storm? Bitcoin Finds New Resiliency |author=Alec Liu |date=March 16, 2013 |accessdate=June 22, 2017 |quote=A block was produced that the latest version of the Bitcoin software, version 0.8, recognized as valid but that nodes still running version 0.7 or earlier rejected.}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|March 18}} || Official response || The [[wikipedia:Financial Crimes Enforcement Network|Financial Crimes Enforcement Network]] (FinCEN) releases guidance on using virtual currencies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/guidance/html/FIN-2013-G001.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319213642/https://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/guidance/html/FIN-2013-G001.html |title=FIN-2013-G001 |date=March 18, 2013 |archivedate=March 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name="liu" /> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|March 28}} || {{w|Market capitalization}} || Bitcoin market capitalization passes $1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/networks/bitcoin-hits-1billion |publisher=IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News |author=Morgen Peck |date=April 2, 2013 |title=Bitcoin Hits $1 Billion |accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cat_hist" /> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|April 11}} || {{w|Content creation}} || The subreddit r/BitcoinMarkets is created. As of March 28, 2020 it has 148,000 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sharing of ideas, tips, and strategies for increasing your Bitcoin trading profits |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/ |website=reddit.com |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|April}} || Notable acquisition || American entrepreneurs [[w:Tyler Winklevoss|Tyler]] and {{w|Cameron Winklevoss}} announce having acquired US$11 million worth of Bitcoins.<ref>{{cite web |title=The $11 million in bitcoins the Winklevoss brothers bought is now worth $32 million |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/11/09/the-11-million-in-bitcoins-the-winklevoss-brothers-bought-is-now-worth-32-million/ |website=washingtonpost.com |access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="Medium"/> || {{w|United States}}

| 2013 || {{dts|May 7}} || Currency adoption || Coinbase announces "the largest funding round to date for a Bitcoin startup, a $5 million investment led by [[wikipedia:Union Square Ventures|Union Square Ventures]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/05/07/coinbase-nabs-5m-in-biggest-funding-for-bitcoin-startup/ |author=Sarah E. Needleman |date=May 7, 2013 |publisher=[[wikipedia:The Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]] |title=Coinbase Nabs $5M in Biggest Funding for Bitcoin Startup |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="liu" /> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|May 14}} || Legal || The [[wikipedia:Dwolla|Dwolla]] account belonging to Mt. Gox is frozen due to a seizure warrant issued by the Department of Homeland Security.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4332698/dwolla-payments-mtgox-halted-by-homeland-security-seizure-warrant |date=May 15, 2013 |publisher=The Verge |author=Amar Toor |title=US seizes and freezes funds at biggest Bitcoin exchange |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/feds-seize-money-from-top-bitcoin-exchange-mt-gox/ |publisher=[[wikipedia:Ars Technica|Ars Technica]] |title=Feds seize money from Dwolla account belonging to top Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox |author=Joe Mullin |date=May 14, 2013 |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="liu" /> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|May 17}} || Conference || The first official Bitcoin conference takes place in San Jose.<ref name="liu" /> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|May}} || Organization || {{w|CoinDesk}} launches. It is a news site specializing in {{w|Bitcoin}} and {{w|digital currencies}}. ||  

| 2013 || ? || Organization || Independent media platform <code>cointelegraph.com</code> launches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Latest News on Cointelegraph |url=https://cointelegraph.com/tags/cointelegraph |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cointelegraph: Contact Information, Journalists, and Overview {{!}} Muck Rack |url=https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/cointelegraph |website=muckrack.com |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|July 23}} || Legal || Trendon T. Shavers is "sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday and accused of running a fund that collected bitcoins from investors, promising them 7 percent weekly returns".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/s-e-c-says-texas-man-operated-bitcoin-ponzi-scheme/ |author=Nathaniel Popper |date=July 23, 2013 |title=S.E.C. Says Texas Man Operated Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme |publisher=[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |accessdate=June 17, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|July 30}} || Organization || {{w|BitGive Foundation}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=BitGive Foundation |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bitgive-foundation#section-overview |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|July}} || Organization || Bitcoin {{w|mining pool}} {{w|Ghash.io}} starts operating. Within a year, this mining pool would contribute about one-third of the overall hashing power out of the total.<ref>{{cite web |title=GHash.IO, The Leading Bitcoin Mining Pool - Sponsored Post |url=https://www.finsmes.com/2014/09/ghash-io-the-leading-bitcoin-mining-pool-sp.html |website=FinSMEs |access-date=24 February 2021 |date=5 September 2014}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|August}} || Official response (regulation) || The German Finance Ministry characterizes Bitcoin as a {{w|unit of account}},<ref name="Marketwatch20130819">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/08/19/bitcoins-are-private-money-in-germany/ |title=Bitcoins are private money in Germany |last=Vaishampayan |first=Saumya |date=19 August 2013 |website={{w|Marketwatch}}|accessdate= 30 December 2019}}</ref> usable in [[w:Clearing house (finance)|multilateral clearing circles]] and subject to capital gains tax if held less than one year.<ref name="FAZ20130816">{{cite news|url=http://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/devisen-rohstoffe/digitale-waehrung-deutschland-erkennt-bitcoins-als-privates-geld-an-12535059.html|title=Deutschland erkennt Bitcoins als privates Geld an (Germany recognizes Bitcoin as private money) |last=Nestler |first=Franz|date=16 August 2013 |website={{w|Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung}}|accessdate= 30 December 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Germany}}

| 2013 || {{dts|September 26}} || Currency adoption || [[wikipedia:NASDAQ Private Market|SecondMarket]] begins raising money for the Bitcoin Investment Trust, an investment fund holding only bitcoins.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/fund-to-let-investors-bet-on-price-of-bitcoins/ |first1=Peter |last1=Lattman |first2=Nathaniel |last2=Popper |date=September 25, 2013 |title=Fund to Let Investors Bet on Price of Bitcoins |publisher=[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |accessdate=June 17, 2017 |quote=On Thursday, SecondMarket is expected to begin raising money for an investment fund — the first of its kind in the United States — that will hold only bitcoins, giving wealthy investors exposure to the trendy but controversial virtual currency.}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2013 || {{dts|September}} || Notable case || The {{w|FBI}} takes the notorious “dark web drug bazaar” [[w:Silk Road (marketplace)|Silk Road]] and confiscates 144,000 Bitcoins owned by the website operator.<ref name="Medium"/> || {{w|United States}}

| 2013 || {{dts|September 25}} || Organization || {{w|Barry Silbert}} founds Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BGTC), now considered a traditional investment trust.<ref name="henryharvin"/> || {{w|United States}}

| 2013 || {{dts|October 29}} || Technology || The first Bitcoin ATM in the world opens in {{w|Vancouver}}, {{w|Canada}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=World's First Bitcoin ATM Opens In Vancouver, Canada |url=https://mashable.com/2013/10/30/bitcoin-atm-2/ |website=mashable.com |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Canada}}

| 2013 || {{dts|November 1}} || Literature || The initial version of "Majority is not Enough: Bitcoin Mining is Vulnerable" by Eyal and Sirer is uploaded to the preprint repository [[wikipedia:arXiv|arXiv]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.0243v1 |title=[1311.0243v1] Majority is not Enough: Bitcoin Mining is Vulnerable |accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref> The paper is announced on the authors' blog on November 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hackingdistributed.com/2013/11/04/bitcoin-is-broken/ |title=Bitcoin Is Broken |publisher=Hacking Distributed |date=November 4, 2013 |first1=Ittay |last1=Eyal |first2=Emin Gün |last2=Sirer |accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref> The paper receives coverage on ''[[wikipedia:Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8qx47k/bitcoin-isnt-broken-despite-a-potential-flaw |publisher=Motherboard |title=Bitcoin Isn't Broken, Despite a Potential Flaw |author=Alec Liu |date=November 7, 2013 |accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref> Bitcoin Magazine,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/selfish-mining-a-25-attack-against-the-bitcoin-network-1383578440/ |publisher=Bitcoin Magazine |title=Selfish Mining: A 25% Attack Against the Bitcoin Network |author=Vitalik Buterin |date=November 4, 2013 |accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref> and Bitcoin Talk.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=324413.0 |title=Majority is not Enough: Bitcoin Mining is Vulnerable |accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref><ref name="liu" /> ||

| 2013 || {{dts|November 18}} || Official response (regulation) || United States federal officials indicate at a Senate that digital currency networks offer real benefits for the financial system even as they acknowledge that new forms of digital money have provided avenues for money laundering and illegal activity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/technology/bitcoin-timeline.html?_r=0 |date=November 19, 2013 |publisher=[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |title=An Abridged History of Bitcoin |accessdate=June 17, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2013 || {{dts|November 20}} || Milestone transaction || The [[wikipedia:University of Nicosia|University of Nicosia]] in Cyprus becomes the first university to accept payment for tuition in bitcoin.<ref name="liu" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xyw8yq/cyprus-university-students-can-pay-tuition-in-bitcoin-and-major-in-digital-currency |publisher=Motherboard |title=Cyprus' University Is the World's First to Accept Tuition in Bitcoin |author=Meghan Neal |date=November 20, 2013 |accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2013/cyprusbased-school-university-accept-bitcoin-tuition/ |title=This university is the first in the world to accept Bitcoin for tuition |publisher=GeekWire |author=Taylor Soper |date=November 20, 2013 |accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|Cyprus}}

| 2013 || {{dts|November}} || Official response (warning) || The {{w|National Bank of Slovakia}} issues a warning to inform the general public that virtual currencies are not national currencies and that unauthorized currency production constitutes a criminal offense.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Slovakia}}

| 2013 || {{dts|December 3}} || Official response (warning) || Chinese regulators jointly issue a notice warning the public about the risks of bitcoin. The circular defines Bitcoin as “by nature a special virtual commodity,” which “does not have equal legal status as currencies” and “cannot and should not be circulated in the market as a currency.”<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|China}}

| 2013 || {{dts|December 19}} || Official response (warning) || The [[w:Banque du Liban|Lebanese Central Bank]] issues a notice to the country’s banks and financial institutions warning them of the dangers of using cybercurrencies, especially bitcoin.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Lebanon}}

| 2013 || {{dts|December}} || Official response (warning) || The {{w|People’s Bank of China}} and four other financial regulators issue a joint notice outlining the risks associated with bitcoin. The Chinese Government states that it is not a currency, and prohibits banks and other financial institutes from trading in it. However, it acknowledges the cryptocurrency as a “commodity traded online” and allows the public to buy and sell it as they please, with its only proviso being that they do so at their own risk.<ref name="scmp.comvv">{{cite web |title=Beijing bans bitcoin, but when did it all go wrong for cryptocurrencies in China? |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2132119/beijing-bans-bitcoin-when-did-it-all-go-wrong-cryptocurrencies |website=scmp.com |accessdate=22 December 2019}}</ref> || {{w|China}}

| 2013 || {{dts|December}} || Official response (negative) || The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority issues a statement rejecting the bitcoin as a currency and stating that it will not regulate bitcoin use.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Denmark}}

| 2013 || {{dts|December}} || Official response (negative) || The French Central Bank publishes a report stating that bitcoin cannot be considered a real currency or means of payment under current French law.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|France}}

| 2013 || {{dts|December}} || Official response (warning) || The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority issues a warning against cryptocurrencies, comming as a result of warnings on the risk of use of cryptocurrencies by the European Supervisory Authority, ESMA.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Norway}}

| 2014 || {{dts|January 2}} || Official response (negative) || The {{w|Central Bank of Malaysia}} issues a statement saying that “The Bitcoin is not recognized as legal tender in Malaysia. The Central Bank does not regulate the operations of Bitcoin. The public is therefore advised to be cautious of the risks associated with the usage of such digital currency.”<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Malaysia}}

| 2014 || {{dts|January 9}} || Milestone transaction || [[wikipedia:Overstock.com|Overstock.com]] becomes the first major online retailer to accept payments in bitcoin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/01/overstock-bitcoin-live/ |title=The Grand Experiment Goes Live: Overstock.com Is Now Accepting Bitcoins |author=Cade Metz |date=January 9, 2014 |accessdate=June 23, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:WIRED|WIRED]]}}</ref><ref name="liu" /> In December 2013 the company had announced that it was preparing to accept bitcoin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9ak5my/bitcoin-just-scored-its-first-major-us-retailer |publisher=Motherboard |title=Bitcoin Just Scored Its First Major US Retailer |author=Alec Liu |date=December 20, 2013 |accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2014 || {{dts|January 9}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || {{w|BitFlyer}} is founded in {{w|Japan}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=bitFlyer |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bitflyer#section-overview |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Japan}}

| 2014 || {{dts|January 26}} || Legal || [[wikipedia:Charlie Shrem|Charlie Shrem]] is arrested. He is accused of using his company, BitInstant, to "knowingly convert money into virtual currency for people interested in buying narcotics on the Silk Road site" and of buying drugs on Silk Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/two-executives-of-bitcoin-businesses-are-arrested/ |author=Nathaniel Popper |date=January 27, 2014 |title=Bitcoin Figure Is Accused of Conspiring to Launder Money |publisher=[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2014 || {{dts|January}} || Official response (warning) || The Belgian National Bank and the Financial Services and Markets Authority issue a joint press release warning consumers about the risks of cryptocurrencies.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Belgium}}

| 2014 || {{dts|February 7}} || [[w:Cryptocurrency and security|Security]] || The Bitcoin exchange [[wikipedia:Mt. Gox|Mt. Gox]] halts all bitcoin withdrawals due to insolvency after an apparently undetected theft that had been occurring since 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-07/bitcoin-price-falls-as-mt-gox-exchange-halts-activity.html |archiveurl=https://archive.is/ueuoH |archivedate=February 7, 2014 |publisher=Bloomberg |title=Bitcoin Price Plunges as Mt. Gox Exchange Halts Activity |date=February 7, 2014 |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> By the end of the month, Mt. Gox would file for bankruptcy protection.<ref name="The rise and fall of Mt. Gox">{{cite web |title=The rise and fall of Mt. Gox |url=https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/02/the-history-of-bitcoin.aspx |website=fool.com |accessdate=30 December 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2014 || {{dts|February 10}} || Valuation || A {{w|flash crash}} occurs on the [[wikipedia:BTC-e|BTC-e]] exchange.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/February_10,_2014_flash_crash |title=February 10, 2014 flash crash |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2014 || {{dts|February 19}} || Official response (warning) || The {{w|Bank of Israel}} and several Israeli regulatory agencies issue a statement warning the public against dealing in virtual currencies. The warning lays out the dangers associated with trading in virtual currencies, including fraud, money laundering, and financing of terrorism, among others.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Israel}}

| 2014 || {{dts|February}} || Official response (warning) || The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) warns the public against the use of Bitcoin.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Jordan}}

| 2014 || {{dts|March 25}} || Official response (regulation) || In its first substantive ruling on cryptocurrencies, the United States {{w|Internal Revenue Service}} states that Bitcoin will be treated as property for tax purposes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-25/bitcoin-is-property-not-currency-in-tax-system-irs-says |title=Bitcoin Is Property Not Currency in Tax System, IRS Says |date=March 25, 2014 |first1=Richard |last1=Rubin |first2=Carter |last2=Dougherty |publisher=Bloomberg Business |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202014708/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-25/bitcoin-is-property-not-currency-in-tax-system-irs-says |archivedate=February 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-united-states-is-falling-behind-in-bitcoin-regulation-1461604211/ |publisher=Bitcoin Magazine |title=The United States Is Falling Behind in Bitcoin Regulation |author=Kyle Torpey |date=April 25, 2016 |accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2014 || {{dts|March}} || Organization || {{w|Xapo}} is founded by Argentinian entrepreneur {{w|Wences Casares}}. Based in {{w|Hong Kong}}, the company provides a {{w|Bitcoin}} wallet combined with a [[w:Cryptocurrency wallet|cold storage]] vault and a Bitcoin-based {{w|debit card}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xapo - Branding & Web Design Case Study |url=https://aerolab.co/xapo |website=Aerolab |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYT March 2014">{{cite news|last1=Sreeharsha|first1=Vinod|title=Start-Up Seeks to Capitalize on Security Concerns for Bitcoins|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/start-up-seeks-to-capitalize-on-security-concerns-for-bitcoins/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|access-date=20 June 2014|work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times|date=14 March 2014|ref=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="Wall Street Journal">{{cite news|last1=Rusli|first1=Evelyn M.|title=First Bitcoin Vaults, Now Xapo Debuts Debit Cards|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/24/first-bitcoin-vaults-now-xapo-debuts-debit-cards/|access-date=20 June 2014|work=Wall Street Journal|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=24 April 2014|ref=Wall Street Journal}}</ref>

| 2014 || {{dts|May 15}} || Security || The [[wikipedia:Stoned (computer virus)#Bitcoin blockchain incident|DOS Stoned incident]] occurs, when the signature of the [[w:Stoned (computer virus)|Stoned]] virus is inserted into the Bitcoin {{w|blockchain}}, causing {{w|Microsoft Security Essentials}} to recognize copies of the blockchain as the virus, prompting it to remove the file in question, and subsequently forcing the node to reload the block chain from that point, continuing the cycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/mse-protect_updating/microsoft-security-essentials-reporting-false/0240ed8e-5a27-4843-a939-0279c8110e1c?tm=1400189799602&auth=1|title=Microsoft Security Essentials reporting false positives in the Bitcoin blockchain, constantly notifying users.|website=answers.microsoft.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/18/bitcoin_user_stoned_on_virus_warnings/|title=Bitcoin blockchain allegedly infected by ancient 'Stoned' virus|first=Richard Chirgwin 18 May 2014 at 21:58|last=tweet_btn()|publisher=}}</ref>.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/DOS/STONED_incident |title=DOS/STONED incident |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2014 || {{dts|June 30}} || Notable acquisition || American venture capitalist {{w|Timothy Draper}} buys 30,000 bitcoins at a value of US$19.4 million (price per coin: $647).<ref name="People are">{{cite web |last1=Ciolli |first1=Joe |title=People are making a fortune buying government-seized bitcoins |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-government-auction-winners-2017-5 |website=Business Insider |access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2014 || {{dts|August 11}} || Official response (negative) || The United States [[wikipedia:Consumer Financial Protection Bureau|Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]] begins taking complaints about Bitcoin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/08/11/consumer-bureau-now-taking-and-expecting-bitcoin-complaints/ |publisher=[[wikipedia:The Washington Post|The Washington Post]] |title=Consumer bureau now taking — and expecting — Bitcoin complaints |author=Nancy Scola |date=August 11, 2014 |accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/consumer-advisory-virtual-currencies-and-what-you-should-know-about-them/ |title=Consumer advisory: Virtual currencies and what you should know about them |author=Will Wade-Gery |date=August 11, 2014 |publisher=Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2014 || {{dts|August}} || Technology || The Bitcoin blockchain file size, containing records of all transactions that have occurred on the network, reaches 20GB ({{w|gigabyte}}s).<ref name="hadi">{{cite book |title=Handbook of Digital Currency: Bitcoin, Innovation, Financial Instruments, and Big Data |editor-last=Chuen |editor-first=David LEE Kuo |year=2015 |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=978-0-12-802351-8 |chapter=A Light Touch of Regulation for Virtual Currencies |last1=Nian |first1=Lam Pak |last2=Chuen |first2=David LEE Kuo |page=319 }}</ref> ||

| 2014 || {{dts|August}} || Official response (negative) || The Central Bank of Iceland announces that bitcoin is not a recognized currency and even if it was, purchases of bitcoins would still be illegal as such purchases would violate the foreign transactions restrictions in place.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Iceland}}

| 2014 || {{dts|August}} || Organization ([[w:Bitcoin exchange|exchange company]]) || Bitcoin wallet and exchange service {{w|Coincheck}} launches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coincheck – NGL Latam Spain |url=https://nemespanol.io/tag/coincheck/ |website=nemespanol.io |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref> || {{w|Japan}}

| 2014 || {{dts|June}} || Official response (regulation) || Canadian law is enacted as the world’s first national law on digital currencies, and the world’s first treatment in law of digital currency financial transactions under national anti-money laundering law. The new law treats virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, as “money service businesses” for the purposes of the anti-money laundering law.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Canada}}

| 2014 || {{dts|September 18}} || Research || Coin Center, a non-profit group focused on cryptocurrency research and advocacy, is established.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/09/18/bitcoin-gets-an-industry-backed-advocacy-group/ |publisher=[[wikipedia:The Washington Post|The Washington Post]] |title=Bitcoin gets an industry-backed advocacy group |author=Nancy Scola |date=September 18, 2014 |accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2014 || {{dts|September 23}} || Notable prediction || {{w|Tim Draper}} predicts that 1 Bitcoin share would reach 10,000 dollars by 2017. His prediction would come true and on 29 November 2017 the price of a Bitcoin share would cross 10,000 U.S dollars.<ref name="henryharvin"/> ||

| 2014 || {{dts|October 2}} || Official response (warning) || The National Bank of Serbia makes announcement clarifying that “anyone investing in Bitcoins or engaging in any other activity involving virtual currencies shall do so at their own liability, bearing all financial risks and risks in terms of noncompliance with regulations governing foreign exchange operations, taxation, trade, etc.”<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Serbia}}

| 2014 || {{dts|October 10}} || Education || American documentary film ''{{w|The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin}}'' is released. The film interviews multiple companies and people that have played important roles in the expansion of Bitcoin.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2821314/ |website=imdb.com |access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE RISE AND RISE OF BITCOIN |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_rise_and_rise_of_bitcoin |website=rottentomatoes.com |access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2014 || {{dts|November}} || Official response (warning) || The Central Bank of Montenegro issues a warning saying that individuals may own Bitcoins at their own risk, although virtual currencies are not legal tender in the country.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Montenegro}}

| 2014 || {{dts|December 9}} || Notable acquisition || SecondMarkets, an exchange started by {{w|Barry Silbert}}, buys 48,000 bitcoins at a value of US$18.1 million (price per coin: $378).<ref name="People are"/> || {{w|United States}}

| 2014 || {{dts|December}} || Official response (negative) || The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) issues a position paper on virtual currencies stating that only the SARB may issue legal tender and that decentralized convertible virtual currencies (DCVCs), including Bitcoin and {{w|Litecoin}}, are not legal tender in South Africa.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|South Africa}}

| 2014 || {{dts|December}} || Literature || Greek-British Bitcoin advocate {{w|Andreas Antonopoulos}} publishes ''Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies'', which treats about decentralized digital money.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies |url=https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042 |website=amazon.com |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}

| 2014 || {{dts|December}} || Notable acquisition || American entrepreneur Barry Silbert acquires 48,000 Bitcoins at an auction.<ref name="Medium"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Barry Silbert's 104-Bidder Syndicate Wins the Other 48,000 USMS Auctioned Bitcoins {{!}} Finance Magnates |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/barry-silberts-104-bidder-syndicate-wins-the-other-48000-usms-auctioned-bitcoins/ |website=Finance Magnates {{!}} Financial and business news |access-date=8 February 2021 |language=en |date=9 December 2014}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2015 || {{dts|February}} || Technology || Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja publish a draft of the {{w|Lightning Network}} white paper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228162703/http://lightning.network/|title=Lightning Network whitepaper 0.5 by Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja|date=28 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="FTAlpha20190612">{{cite news |url=https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/06/12/1560351485000/SegWit-and-the-bitcoin-transaction-fee-conspiracy-theory/ |title=SegWit and the bitcoin transaction fee conspiracy theory |work=FT Alphaville |publisher=FT|date=2018-03-21 }}</ref> ||

| 2015 || {{dts|June 4}} || Official response (negative) || Coinbase suspends operations in Wyoming due to a regulatory legislation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-suspends-operations-in-wyoming/ |date=June 4, 2015 |title=Coinbase Suspends Operations in Wyoming |publisher=CoinDesk |accessdate=June 28, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2015 || {{dts|August 8}} || Official response (regulation) || The [[wikipedia:BitLicense|BitLicense]], a business license for virtual currency activities, comes into effect in New York. The regulation causes numerous Bitcoin companies to suspend operations in New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2015/08/12/the-great-bitcoin-exodus-has-totally-changed-new.html |date=August 12, 2015 |title=Coinsetter filed its BitLicense application in New York even as many other bitcoin startups leave |author=Michael del Castillo |publisher=New York Business Journal |accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 2015 || {{dts|August 15}} || {{w|Bitcoin fork}} || {{w|Bitcoin XT}} is initially released.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=El-P. |last2=Taylor |first2=El-I. |title=The History and Growth of Bitcoin: A hindsight account of how rich you would be if you had bought Bitcoin 2009 - 2018 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=nA9eDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=2015+August+15+Bitcoin+XT+is+initially+released.&source=bl&ots=fp5xUaH6KR&sig=ACfU3U1n6e3zKGFwFv80rCWrx8GPJkjncw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb7qWYmdvmAhVLLLkGHW_iDRUQ6AEwD3oECA8QAQ#v=onepage&q=2015%20August%2015%20Bitcoin%20XT%20is%20initially%20released.&f=false}}</ref> ||

| 2015 || {{dts|October 8}} || {{w|Exchange company}} || [[wikipedia:Gemini (digital currency exchange)|Gemini]], the digital currency exchange started by the [[wikipedia:Winklevoss twins|Winklevoss twins]], begins trading.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/05/winklevoss-twins-receive-approval-to-launch-bitcoin-exchange-gemini/ |date=October 5, 2015 |publisher=TechCrunch |title=Winklevoss Twins Receive Approval To Launch Bitcoin Exchange Gemini |author=Fitz Tepper |accessdate=June 30, 2017 |quote=The platform will be open for trading this Thursday, October 8, but has already begun accepting signups.}}</ref> ||

| 2015 || {{dts|October 22}} || Official response (regulation) || The European Court of Justice states that transactions to exchange a traditional currency for bitcoin or other virtual currencies and vice versa constitute the supply of services for consideration, but fall under the exemption from value-added tax (VAT). Buying or selling bitcoin is therefore exempt from VAT in all EU Member States.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|European Union}}

| 2015 || {{dts|October}} || Blockchain company || {{w|Bitwala}} is founded in {{w|Germany}} as a {{w|blockchain}} banking service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitwala |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bitwala#section-overview |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Germany}}

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| 2015 || {{dts|December 16}} || Official response (regulation) || A working group under the Financial System Council in Japan compiles a draft proposal on regulations for virtual currencies that are traded on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/17/business/japan-panel-eyes-registration-system-for-virtual-currency-exchanges |title=Japan to consider regulating cybercurrency exchanges after Mt. Gox debacle |date=December 17, 2015 |publisher=The Japan Times |accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref> || {{w|Japan}}