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| 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> | | 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|August 22}} || || Satoshi Nakamoto emails Wei Dai asking when Dai's b-money paper was published, so that Nakamoto can cite the paper in his own.<ref name="gwern_2008_nakamoto" /> | ||
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| + | | 2008 || {{dts|October 3}} || || A version of Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper exists from this day.<ref name="gwern_2008_nakamoto">{{cite web |url=https://www.gwern.net/docs/2008-nakamoto |author=Satoshi Nakamoto, Wei Dai |date=March 17, 2014 |title=Dai/Nakamoto emails |website=Gwern.net |accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gwern.net/docs/20081003-nakamoto-bitcoindraft.pdf |title=20081003-nakamoto-bitcoindraft.pdf |accessdate=June 13, 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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| 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> | | 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 | + | | 2010 || {{dts|July 18}} || || 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> |
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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> | | 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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| 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> | | 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|March 30}} || || Bitcoin-Qt version 0.6.0 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.6.0 |title=Bitcoin-Qt version 0.6.0 released |accessdate=June 14, 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|September 17}} || || Bitcoin-Qt version 0.7.0 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.7.0 |title=Bitcoin-Qt version 0.7.0 released |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</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> | | 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 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|February 19}} || || Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.0 is released. "This is a major release designed to improve performance and handle the increasing volume of transactions on the network."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.8.0 |title=Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.0 released |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| 2013 || {{dts|March 6}} || || The subreddit r/BitcoinBeginners is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 14,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinBeginners/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/BitcoinBeginners |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 4 years [Wed Mar 6 11:35:47 2013 UTC]}}</ref> | | 2013 || {{dts|March 6}} || || The subreddit r/BitcoinBeginners is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 14,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinBeginners/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/BitcoinBeginners |accessdate=June 12, 2017 |quote=a community for 4 years [Wed Mar 6 11:35:47 2013 UTC]}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2013 || {{dts|March 28}} || || 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" /> | ||
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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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| + | | 2014 || {{dts|February 10}} || || The February 10, 2014 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> | ||
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| + | | 2014 || {{dts|March 19}} || || Bitcoin Core version 0.9.0 is released. This is the first version using the name "Bitcoin Core" rather than "Bitcoin-Qt". The release announcement states: "To reduce confusion between Bitcoin-the-network and Bitcoin-the-software we have renamed the reference client to Bitcoin Core."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.9.0 |title=Bitcoin Core version 0.9.0 released |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2014 || {{dts|May 15}} || || The [[wikipedia:Stoned (computer virus)#Bitcoin blockchain incident|DOS Stoned incident]] occurs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/DOS/STONED_incident |title=DOS/STONED incident |website=Bitcoin Wiki |accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2015 || {{dts|February 16}} || || Bitcoin Core version 0.10.0 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.10.0 |title=Bitcoin Core version 0.10.0 released |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2015 || {{dts|July 12}} || || Bitcoin Core version 0.11.0 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.11.0 |title=Bitcoin Core version 0.11.0 released |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2016 || {{dts|February 23}} || || Bitcoin Core version 0.12.0 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.12.0 |title=Bitcoin Core version 0.12.0 released |accessdate=June 14, 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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| + | | 2016 || {{dts|August 23}} || || Bitcoin Core version 0.13.0 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.13.0 |title=Bitcoin Core version 0.13.0 released |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| 2016 || {{dts|December}} || || The inaugural issue of ''[[wikipedia:Ledger (journal)|Ledger]]'', the first peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, is published.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coindesk.com/ledger-first-volume-blockchain-research/ |date=December 22, 2016 |title=Ledger Publishes First Volume of Peer-Reviewed Blockchain Research |author=Michael del Castillo |publisher=CoinDesk |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> | | 2016 || {{dts|December}} || || The inaugural issue of ''[[wikipedia:Ledger (journal)|Ledger]]'', the first peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, is published.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coindesk.com/ledger-first-volume-blockchain-research/ |date=December 22, 2016 |title=Ledger Publishes First Volume of Peer-Reviewed Blockchain Research |author=Michael del Castillo |publisher=CoinDesk |accessdate=June 12, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2017 || {{dts|March 8}} || || Bitcoin Core version 0.14.0 is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.14.0 |title=Bitcoin Core version 0.14.0 released |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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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 | August 22 | Satoshi Nakamoto emails Wei Dai asking when Dai's b-money paper was published, so that Nakamoto can cite the paper in his own.[2] | |
| 2008 | October 3 | A version of Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper exists from this day.[2][3] | |
| 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][4] | |
| 2008 | November 9 | The Bitcoin project is registered on SourceForge.[5][6] | |
| 2009 | January 3 | The Bitcoin genesis block is established.[7][5] | |
| 2009 | January 9 | Bitcoin version 0.1 is released.[8] | |
| 2009 | January 12 | The first Bitcoin transaction takes place, from Satoshi Nakamoto to Hal Finney.[9] | |
| 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][10] | |
| 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.[9][11] | |
| 2009 | December 16 | Bitcoin version 0.2 is released.[12] | |
| 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.[13][14][15] | |
| 2010 | July 18 | Mt. Gox, a bitcoin exchange founded by Jed McCaleb, is announced.[16][17] | |
| 2010 | July 6 | Bitcoin version 0.3 is released.[18] | |
| 2010 | September 9 | The main Bitcoin subreddit, r/Bitcoin, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 241,000 subscribers.[19] | |
| 2010 | December 19 | Gavin Andresen announces that he is stepping in to do "more active project management for bitcoin".[20][21] | |
| 2011 | January 6 | First documented payment for work using bitcoin takes place around this time.[9][22] | |
| 2011 | May | BitPay, a bitcoin payment service provider, is founded.[23] | |
| 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.[24][25] | |
| 2011 | May 20 | The subreddit r/btc is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 40,000 subscribers.[26] | |
| 2011 | June 15 | The Bitcoin mining subreddit, r/BitcoinMining, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 13,000 subscribers.[27] | |
| 2011 | September 23 | Bitcoin version 0.4.0 is released.[28] | |
| 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."[29] | |
| 2012 | March 30 | Bitcoin-Qt version 0.6.0 is released.[30] | |
| 2012 | May 30 | The Bitcoin Magazine subreddit, r/BitcoinMagazine, is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 788 subscribers.[31] | |
| 2012 | June | Coinbase, a digital asset exchange company that operates exchanges of Bitcoin (among other digital currencies), is founded.[32][33] | |
| 2012 | September | The Bitcoin Foundation is founded.[34] | |
| 2012 | September 17 | Bitcoin-Qt version 0.7.0 is released.[35] | |
| 2012 | November 15 | WordPress.com begins accepting bitcoins for the purchase of upgrades.[9][36] | |
| 2013 | February 14 | The social news aggregation website Reddit begins accepting bitcoins for the purchase of reddit gold (reddit's premium membership).[9][37][38] | |
| 2013 | February 15 | The subreddit r/Jobs4Bitcoins is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 12,000 subscribers.[39] | |
| 2013 | February 19 | Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.0 is released. "This is a major release designed to improve performance and handle the increasing volume of transactions on the network."[40] | |
| 2013 | March 6 | The subreddit r/BitcoinBeginners is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 14,000 subscribers.[41] | |
| 2013 | March 28 | Bitcoin market capitalization passes $1 billion.[42][5] | |
| 2013 | April 11 | The subreddit r/BitcoinMarkets is created. As of June 12, 2017 it has 34,000 subscribers.[43] | |
| 2014 | February 7 | The bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox halts all bitcoin withdrawals.[44] | |
| 2014 | February 10 | The February 10, 2014 flash crash occurs on the BTC-e exchange.[45] | |
| 2014 | March 19 | Bitcoin Core version 0.9.0 is released. This is the first version using the name "Bitcoin Core" rather than "Bitcoin-Qt". The release announcement states: "To reduce confusion between Bitcoin-the-network and Bitcoin-the-software we have renamed the reference client to Bitcoin Core."[46] | |
| 2014 | May 15 | The DOS Stoned incident occurs.[47] | |
| 2015 | February 16 | Bitcoin Core version 0.10.0 is released.[48] | |
| 2015 | July 12 | Bitcoin Core version 0.11.0 is released.[49] | |
| 2016 | February 23 | Bitcoin Core version 0.12.0 is released.[50] | |
| 2016 | August 2 | The Bitfinex hack is first announced.[51] | |
| 2016 | August 23 | Bitcoin Core version 0.13.0 is released.[52] | |
| 2016 | December | The inaugural issue of Ledger, the first peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, is published.[53] | |
| 2017 | March 8 | Bitcoin Core version 0.14.0 is released.[54] |
Mentions on Google Scholar
The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar.
| Year | bitcoin (Lopp)[55] | blockchain (Lopp)[56] | bitcoin (as of June 12, 2017)[57] | blockchain (as of June 12, 2017)[58] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[59]
| 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Satoshi Nakamoto, Wei Dai (March 17, 2014). "Dai/Nakamoto emails". Gwern.net. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ "20081003-nakamoto-bitcoindraft.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper". November 1, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "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.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "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.
- ↑ mtgox. "New Bitcoin Exchange (mtgox.com)". 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]
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