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| − | | 2008 || {{dts|August 18}} || || <code>bitcoin.org</code> is registered on this day.<ref name="gwern">{{cite web |url=https://www.gwern.net/Bitcoin%20is%20Worse%20is%20Better |author=gwern |date=May 27, 2011 |title=Bitcoin is Worse is Better |website=Gwern.net |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2008 || {{dts|August 18}} || || The <code>bitcoin.org</code> domain name is registered on this day.<ref name="gwern">{{cite web |url=https://www.gwern.net/Bitcoin%20is%20Worse%20is%20Better |author=gwern |date=May 27, 2011 |title=Bitcoin is Worse is Better |website=Gwern.net |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2008 || {{dts|November 1}} || || The first public version of Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper, titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", is published.<ref name="gwern" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg09959.html |title=Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |date=November 1, 2008}}</ref> | | 2008 || {{dts|November 1}} || || The first public version of Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper, titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", is published.<ref name="gwern" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg09959.html |title=Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |date=November 1, 2008}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2008 || {{dts|November 9}} || || The Bitcoin project is registered on [[wikipedia:SourceForge|SourceForge]].<ref name="cat_hist" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/ |title=Bitcoin |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=Registered 2008-11-09}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2009 || {{dts|January 3}} || || The Bitcoin genesis block is established.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blockexplorer.com/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f |title=Bitcoin Block 0 |website=Bitcoin Block Explorer |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cat_hist">{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:History |title=Category:History |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2009 || {{dts|January 9}} || || Bitcoin version 0.1 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg10142.html |title=Bitcoin v0.1 released |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |date=January 9, 2009 |author=Satoshi Nakamoto}}</ref> | ||
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| 2009 || {{dts|January 12}} || || The first Bitcoin transaction takes place, from Satoshi Nakamoto to [[wikipedia:Hal Finney (computer scientist)|Hal Finney]].<ref name="firsts">{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Firsts |title=Bitcoin Firsts |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> | | 2009 || {{dts|January 12}} || || The first Bitcoin transaction takes place, from Satoshi Nakamoto to [[wikipedia:Hal Finney (computer scientist)|Hal Finney]].<ref name="firsts">{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Firsts |title=Bitcoin Firsts |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| 2009 || {{dts|December 16}} || || Bitcoin version 0.2 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=16.0 |title=Bitcoin 0.2 released! |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |author=satoshi}}</ref> | | 2009 || {{dts|December 16}} || || Bitcoin version 0.2 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=16.0 |title=Bitcoin 0.2 released! |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |author=satoshi}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2010 || {{dts|May 22}} || || 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> | ||
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| 2010 || {{dts|July}} || || Mt. Gox, a bitcoin exchange, is founded by Jed McCaleb.<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> | | 2010 || {{dts|July}} || || Mt. Gox, a bitcoin exchange, is founded by Jed McCaleb.<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> | ||
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| + | | 2010 || {{dts|July 6}} || || Bitcoin version 0.3 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=238.0 |title=Bitcoin 0.3 released! |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |author=satoshi}}</ref> | ||
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| 2010 || {{dts|September 9}} || || The main Bitcoin subreddit, r/Bitcoin, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 241,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/Bitcoin |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 6 years [Thu Sep 9 14:30:26 2010 UTC]}}</ref> | | 2010 || {{dts|September 9}} || || The main Bitcoin subreddit, r/Bitcoin, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 241,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/Bitcoin |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 6 years [Thu Sep 9 14:30:26 2010 UTC]}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2010 || {{dts|December 19}} || || [[wikipedia:Gavin Andresen|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> | ||
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| + | | 2011 || {{dts|January 6}} || || 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> | ||
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| 2011 || {{dts|May}} || || [[wikipedia:BitPay|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> | | 2011 || {{dts|May}} || || [[wikipedia:BitPay|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> | ||
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| + | | 2011 || {{dts|May 9}} || || 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> | ||
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| 2011 || {{dts|May 20}} || || The subreddit r/btc is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 40,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/btc |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 6 years [Fri May 20 10:07:02 2011 UTC]}}</ref> | | 2011 || {{dts|May 20}} || || The subreddit r/btc is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 40,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/btc |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 6 years [Fri May 20 10:07:02 2011 UTC]}}</ref> | ||
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| 2011 || {{dts|June 15}} || || The Bitcoin mining subreddit, r/BitcoinMining, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 13,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMining/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/BitcoinMining |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 5 years [Wed Jun 15 16:20:02 2011 UTC]}}</ref> | | 2011 || {{dts|June 15}} || || The Bitcoin mining subreddit, r/BitcoinMining, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 13,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMining/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/BitcoinMining |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 5 years [Wed Jun 15 16:20:02 2011 UTC]}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2011 || {{dts|September 23}} || || Bitcoin version 0.4.0 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2011-September/000582.html |title=[Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin 0.4.0 released |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |author=Gavin Andresen}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2011 || {{dts|November 21}} || || Bitcoin-Qt version 0.5.0 is released. "The major change for this release is a completely new graphical that uses the [[wikipedia:Qt (software)|Qt user interface toolkit]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.5.0 |title=Bitcoin-Qt version 0.5.0 released |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| 2012 || {{dts|May 30}} || || The Bitcoin Magazine subreddit, r/BitcoinMagazine, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 788 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMagazine/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/BitcoinMagazine |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 5 years [Wed May 30 07:48:30 2012 UTC]}}</ref> | | 2012 || {{dts|May 30}} || || The Bitcoin Magazine subreddit, r/BitcoinMagazine, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 788 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMagazine/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/BitcoinMagazine |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 5 years [Wed May 30 07:48:30 2012 UTC]}}</ref> | ||
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| 2012 || {{dts|September}} || || 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> | | 2012 || {{dts|September}} || || 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> | ||
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| + | | 2012 || {{dts|November 15}} || || [[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> | ||
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| + | | 2013 || {{dts|February 14}} || || 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> | ||
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| 2013 || {{dts|February 15}} || || The subreddit r/Jobs4Bitcoins is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 12,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Jobs4Bitcoins/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/Jobs4Bitcoins |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 4 years [Fri Feb 15 16:11:25 2013 UTC]}}</ref> | | 2013 || {{dts|February 15}} || || The subreddit r/Jobs4Bitcoins is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 12,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Jobs4Bitcoins/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/Jobs4Bitcoins |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 4 years [Fri Feb 15 16:11:25 2013 UTC]}}</ref> | ||
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| 2013 || {{dts|April 11}} || || The subreddit r/BitcoinMarkets is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 34,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/BitcoinMarkets |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 4 years [Thu Apr 11 08:23:13 2013 UTC]}}</ref> | | 2013 || {{dts|April 11}} || || The subreddit r/BitcoinMarkets is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 34,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/BitcoinMarkets |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 4 years [Thu Apr 11 08:23:13 2013 UTC]}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2014 || {{dts|February 7}} || The bitcoin exchange [[wikipedia:Mt. Gox|Mt. Gox]] halts all bitcoin withdrawals.<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> | + | | 2014 || {{dts|February 7}} || || The bitcoin exchange [[wikipedia:Mt. Gox|Mt. Gox]] halts all bitcoin withdrawals.<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> |
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| 2016 || {{dts|August 2}} || || The [[wikipedia:Bitfinex hack|Bitfinex hack]] is first announced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bitfinex-hacked-hongkong-idUSKCN10E0KP |author=Clare Baldwin |date=August 3, 2016 |publisher=Reuters |title=Bitcoin worth $72 million stolen from Bitfinex exchange in Hong Kong |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=Bitcoin plunged just over 23 percent on Tuesday after the news broke.}}</ref> | | 2016 || {{dts|August 2}} || || The [[wikipedia:Bitfinex hack|Bitfinex hack]] is first announced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bitfinex-hacked-hongkong-idUSKCN10E0KP |author=Clare Baldwin |date=August 3, 2016 |publisher=Reuters |title=Bitcoin worth $72 million stolen from Bitfinex exchange in Hong Kong |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=Bitcoin plunged just over 23 percent on Tuesday after the news broke.}}</ref> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| + | * [[wikipedia:History of bitcoin|History of bitcoin]] | ||
| + | * [[wikipedia:List of bitcoin companies|List of bitcoin companies]] | ||
| + | * [[wikipedia:List of bitcoin organizations|List of bitcoin organizations]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|30em}} | {{Reflist|30em}} | ||
Revision as of 16:34, 12 June 2017
This is a timeline of Bitcoin.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | August 18 | The bitcoin.org domain name is registered on this day.[1]
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| 2008 | November 1 | The first public version of Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper, titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", is published.[1][2] | |
| 2008 | November 9 | The Bitcoin project is registered on SourceForge.[3][4] | |
| 2009 | January 3 | The Bitcoin genesis block is established.[5][3] | |
| 2009 | January 9 | Bitcoin version 0.1 is released.[6] | |
| 2009 | January 12 | The first Bitcoin transaction takes place, from Satoshi Nakamoto to Hal Finney.[7] | |
| 2009 | August 29 | 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][8] | |
| 2009 | October 12 | The first trade of bitcoin for fiat money takes place. Martti Malmi (Sirius) sells 5,050 BTC to NewLibertyStandard for $5.02.[7][9] | |
| 2009 | December 16 | Bitcoin version 0.2 is released.[10] | |
| 2010 | May 22 | 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.[11][12][13] | |
| 2010 | July | Mt. Gox, a bitcoin exchange, is founded by Jed McCaleb.[14] | |
| 2010 | July 6 | Bitcoin version 0.3 is released.[15] | |
| 2010 | September 9 | The main Bitcoin subreddit, r/Bitcoin, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 241,000 subscribers.[16] | |
| 2010 | December 19 | Gavin Andresen announces that he is stepping in to do "more active project management for bitcoin".[17][18] | |
| 2011 | January 6 | First documented payment for work using bitcoin takes place around this time.[7][19] | |
| 2011 | May | BitPay, a bitcoin payment service provider, is founded.[20] | |
| 2011 | May 9 | The launch of Bitbills is announced. Bitbills are the first physical incarnation of bitcoins, coming in plastic cards that contain the cryptographic information.[21][22] | |
| 2011 | May 20 | The subreddit r/btc is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 40,000 subscribers.[23] | |
| 2011 | June 15 | The Bitcoin mining subreddit, r/BitcoinMining, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 13,000 subscribers.[24] | |
| 2011 | September 23 | Bitcoin version 0.4.0 is released.[25] | |
| 2011 | November 21 | Bitcoin-Qt version 0.5.0 is released. "The major change for this release is a completely new graphical that uses the Qt user interface toolkit."[26] | |
| 2012 | May 30 | The Bitcoin Magazine subreddit, r/BitcoinMagazine, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 788 subscribers.[27] | |
| 2012 | June | Coinbase, a digital asset exchange company that operates exchanges of Bitcoin (among other digital currencies), is founded.[28][29] | |
| 2012 | September | The Bitcoin Foundation is founded.[30] | |
| 2012 | November 15 | WordPress.com begins accepting bitcoins for the purchase of upgrades.[7][31] | |
| 2013 | February 14 | The social news aggregation website Reddit begins accepting bitcoins for the purchase of reddit gold (reddit's premium membership).[7][32][33] | |
| 2013 | February 15 | The subreddit r/Jobs4Bitcoins is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 12,000 subscribers.[34] | |
| 2013 | March 6 | The subreddit r/BitcoinBeginners is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 14,000 subscribers.[35] | |
| 2013 | April 11 | The subreddit r/BitcoinMarkets is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 34,000 subscribers.[36] | |
| 2014 | February 7 | The bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox halts all bitcoin withdrawals.[37] | |
| 2016 | August 2 | The Bitfinex hack is first announced.[38] | |
| 2016 | December | The inaugural issue of Ledger, the first peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, is published.[39] |
Mentions on Google Scholar
The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar.
| Year | bitcoin (Lopp)[40] | blockchain (Lopp)[41] | bitcoin (as of June 12, 2017)[42] | blockchain (as of June 12, 2017)[43] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 83 | 97 | 54 | |
| 2010 | 136 | 213 | 84 | 44 |
| 2011 | 218 | 224 | 252 | 55 |
| 2012 | 424 | 311 | 476 | 104 |
| 2013 | 1,390 | 477 | 1,480 | 208 |
| 2014 | 3,190 | 956 | 3,620 | 640 |
| 2015 | 3,670 | 1,440 | 3,470 | 1,140 |
| 2016 | 3,580 | 2,190 | 4,900 | 2,500 |
| 2017 | 1,920 | 1,760 |
GitHub repositories
The following table summarizes cumulative repositories on GitHub.[44]
| Year | Cumulative repositories |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2010 | 28 |
| 2011 | 370 |
| 2012 | 638 |
| 2013 | 2,184 |
| 2014 | 4,572 |
| 2015 | 6,884 |
| 2016 | 9,321 |
Meta information on the timeline
How the timeline was built
What the timeline is still missing
Timeline update strategy
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 "Category:History". Bitcoin Wiki. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Bitcoin". SourceForge. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
Registered 2008-11-09
- ↑ "Bitcoin Block 0". Bitcoin Block Explorer. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ Satoshi Nakamoto (January 9, 2009). "Bitcoin v0.1 released". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "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.
- ↑ "Laszlo Hanyecz". Bitcoin Wiki. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Jercos". Bitcoin Wiki. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Pizza for bitcoins?". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ Jed McCaleb (February 16, 2014). "Jed McCaleb interview". Gwern.net. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ satoshi. "Bitcoin 0.3 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]
- ↑ "Development process straw-man". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ Tom Simonite (August 15, 2014). "Meet Gavin Andresen, the most powerful person in the world of Bitcoin". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "The Power of Bitcoins". Bitcoin Blogger. January 6, 2011. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "BitPay". Crunchbase. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
Founded: May 1, 2011
- ↑ "Bitbills". Bitcoin Wiki. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ llama (May 9, 2011). "Introducing Bitbills!". Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "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]
- ↑ Gavin Andresen. "[Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin 0.4.0 released". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Bitcoin-Qt version 0.5.0 released". Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
Several months in the making, the Bitcoin Foundation launches this week
- ↑ "Pay Another Way: Bitcoin". The WordPress.com Blog. November 15, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "New Gold Payment Options: Bitcoin and Credit Card". Upvoted. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
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