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| 2011 || October 7 || Currency release || Litecoin is released.
 
| 2011 || October 7 || Currency release || Litecoin is released.
 
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| 2013 || December || || Open-source digital currency Dogecoin (DOGE) is forked from Litecoin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dogecoin price today, DOGE live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/dogecoin/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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| 2013 || December || || Open-source digital currency Dogecoin (DOGE) is forked from Litecoin. "Dogecoin (DOGE) is based on the popular "doge" Internet meme and features a Shiba Inu on its logo. The open-source digital currency was created by Billy Markus from Portland, Oregon and Jackson Palmer from Sydney, Australia, and was forked from Litecoin in December 2013. Dogecoin's creators envisaged it as a fun, light-hearted cryptocurrency that would have greater appeal beyond the core Bitcoin audience, since it was based on a dog meme. Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted several tweets on social media that Dogecoin is his favorite coin."<ref>{{cite web |title=Dogecoin price today, DOGE live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/dogecoin/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>  
 
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| 2014 || July || || Stablecoin Tether (USDT) is launched by Brock Pierce, Reeve Collins and Craig Sellars, originally launched as a Realcoin. It mirrors the price of the U.S. dollar, and is issued by a Hong Kong-based company Tether.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tether price today, USDT live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tether/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
| 2014 || July || || Stablecoin Tether (USDT) is launched by Brock Pierce, Reeve Collins and Craig Sellars, originally launched as a Realcoin. It mirrors the price of the U.S. dollar, and is issued by a Hong Kong-based company Tether.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tether price today, USDT live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tether/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
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| 2014 || ? || || "Monero was launched in 2014, and its goal is simple: to allow transactions to take place privately and with anonymity."<ref>{{cite web |title=Monero price today, XMR live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/monero/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>   
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| 2014 || July 15 || || {{w|Filecoin}} (FIL) is initially released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Filecoin: A Cryptocurrency Operated File Storage Network |url=https://filecoin.io/filecoin-jul-2014.pdf |website=filecoin.io |access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
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| 2014 || July 31 || || Network system [[w:Stellar (payment network)|Stellar]] (XLM) is launched by {{w|Jed McCaleb}}, the founder of {{w|Mt. Gox}} and co-founder of [[w:Ripple Labs|Ripple]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Everything you need to know about Stellar Lumens |url=https://www.abra.com/cryptocurrency/stellar/ |website=Abra |access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref>
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| 2014 || April || || {{w|Monero}} (XMR) is launched, with the goal to "allow transactions to take place privately and with anonymity."<ref>{{cite web |title=About Monero |url=https://www.getmonero.org/resources/about/ |website=getmonero.org, The Monero Project |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Monero price today, XMR live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/monero/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>   
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| 2016 || June || || VeChain (VET) launches.<ref>{{cite web |title=VeChain price today, VET live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/vechain/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=19 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
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| 2017 || July 7 || Security || “One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked” <ref>{{cite web |title=One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked |url=https://fortune.com/2017/07/05/bitcoin-ethereum-bithumb-hack/ |website=Fortune |access-date=20 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>   
 
| 2017 || July 7 || Security || “One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked” <ref>{{cite web |title=One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked |url=https://fortune.com/2017/07/05/bitcoin-ethereum-bithumb-hack/ |website=Fortune |access-date=20 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>   
 
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| 2017 || September 27 || || Cardano (ADA) is released.
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| 2017 || September 27 || || Cardano (ADA) is released. "Launched in 2017 by one of Ethereum’s co-founders, Cardano is a research-driven proof-of-stake blockchain designed for running smart contracts and building decentralized applications. It consumes less energy than proof-of-work blockchains and already has some interesting use cases. The project, along with its native cryptocurrency ADA, has generated enthusiasm in the community, which can be seen at times in its price history."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Škraba |first1=Žiga P. |title=Cardano Price - Live ADA Value Chart & Market Cap [2021] |url=https://kriptomat.io/cardano-ada-price/ |website=https://kriptomat.io/ |access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref>
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| 2017 || October || || Polygon (MATIC) is launched.<ref>{{cite web |title=Polygon price today, MATIC live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/polygon/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
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| 2017 || ? || || "BNB was launched through an initial coin offering in 2017, 11 days before the Binance cryptocurrency exchange went online"<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Coin price today, BNB live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/binance-coin/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
| 2017 || ? || || "BNB was launched through an initial coin offering in 2017, 11 days before the Binance cryptocurrency exchange went online"<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Coin price today, BNB live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/binance-coin/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
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| 2019 || June || || "The Algorand mainnet became live in June 2019, and was able to handle almost 1 million transactions per day as of December 2020."<ref>{{cite web |title=Algorand price today, ALGO live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/algorand/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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| 2018 || April 29 || || The Nexo platform is launched, offering the world’s first instant crypto-backed loans.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nexo Launches Platform for the World’s First Instant Crypto-backed Loans |url=https://medium.com/nexo/nexo-launches-platform-and-worlds-first-instant-crypto-backed-loans-442b029cca8f |website=Medium |access-date=12 May 2021 |language=en |date=21 September 2020}}</ref>
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| 2018 || November 2 || || Decentralized trading protocol {{w|Uniswap}} (UNI) is launched. It is known for its role in facilitating automated trading of decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Uniswap (V2) trade volume and market listings |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/uniswap-v2/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=12 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Uniswap price today, UNI live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/uniswap/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> || [[File:Uniswap Logo and Wordmark.svg|humb|center|100px]]
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| 2019 || June || || The Algorand (ALGO) mainnet becomes live.<ref>{{cite web |title=Algorand price today, ALGO live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/algorand/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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| 2020 || May 26 || || The Genesis block of the Polkadot network is launched, as a Proof of Authority (PoA) network.<ref>{{cite web |title=Polkadot Launch Phases · Polkadot Wiki |url=https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/en/learn-launch#:~:text=The%20PoA%20Launch,of%20Authority%20(PoA)%20network. |website=undefined |access-date=5 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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| 2020 || July 30 || || Elrond (EGLD) launches its mainnet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elrond (eGLD) Review: Still Worth It? This You NEED To KNOW!! |url=https://www.coinbureau.com/review/elrond-erd/#:~:text=Elrond%20Network%20Performance,and%20fully%20accessible%20digital%20economy. |website=Coin Bureau |access-date=6 May 2021 |language=en |date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
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| 2021 || February 25 || || The estimated number of global crypto users surpasses 100 million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=GmbH |first1=finanzen net |title=The estimated number of global crypto users has passed 100 million - and boomers are now getting drawn to bitcoin too, reports find |url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/crypto-users-pass-100-million-boomers-gen-x-bitcoin-btc-ethereum-2021-2-1030122720#:~:text=Around%20106%20million%20people%20are,drawn%20to%20tokens%20like%20bitcoin. |website=markets.businessinsider.com |access-date=6 May 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>
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| 2021 || April 29 || || Cryptocurrencies hit a valuation of US$2 trillion, about the same valuation as all US dollars in circulation. However, it would since hit as high as $2.25 trillion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptocurrency Is Now Worth More Than All US Currency in Circulation |url=https://futurism.com/the-byte/cryptocurrency-worth-more-than-us-currency-circulation?fbclid=IwAR3eaB_NnxW1wby9WElkNQ_blAuRDajuCWbDGry7BUBexBYElG2iYHwrPcQ |website=Futurism |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref>
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| 2021 || May 10 || || Internet Computer (ICP) genesis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Internet Computer price today, ICP live marketcap, chart, and info |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/internet-computer/ |website=CoinMarketCap |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
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===How the timeline was built===
 
===How the timeline was built===
  
The initial version of the timeline was written by [[User:FIXME|FIXME]].
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* [https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/ Top Cryptocurrency Spot Exchanges]
 
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Revision as of 09:04, 4 June 2021

This is a timeline of cryptocurrencies.

Sample questions

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

Big picture

Time period Development summary More details

Full timeline

Year Month and date Event type Details
2004 "the idea behind the Ripple (XRP) payment platform was first voiced in 2004 by Ryan Fugger"[1]
2009 January 9 Currency release Bitcoin (BTC) 0.1.0 is released.
2011 October 7 Currency release Litecoin is released.
2013 December Open-source digital currency Dogecoin (DOGE) is forked from Litecoin. "Dogecoin (DOGE) is based on the popular "doge" Internet meme and features a Shiba Inu on its logo. The open-source digital currency was created by Billy Markus from Portland, Oregon and Jackson Palmer from Sydney, Australia, and was forked from Litecoin in December 2013. Dogecoin's creators envisaged it as a fun, light-hearted cryptocurrency that would have greater appeal beyond the core Bitcoin audience, since it was based on a dog meme. Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted several tweets on social media that Dogecoin is his favorite coin."[2]
2014 July Stablecoin Tether (USDT) is launched by Brock Pierce, Reeve Collins and Craig Sellars, originally launched as a Realcoin. It mirrors the price of the U.S. dollar, and is issued by a Hong Kong-based company Tether.[3]
2014 July 15 Filecoin (FIL) is initially released.[4]
2014 July 31 Network system Stellar (XLM) is launched by Jed McCaleb, the founder of Mt. Gox and co-founder of Ripple.[5]
2014 April Monero (XMR) is launched, with the goal to "allow transactions to take place privately and with anonymity."[6][7]
2016 June VeChain (VET) launches.[8]
2017 July 7 Security “One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked” [9]
2017 September 27 Cardano (ADA) is released. "Launched in 2017 by one of Ethereum’s co-founders, Cardano is a research-driven proof-of-stake blockchain designed for running smart contracts and building decentralized applications. It consumes less energy than proof-of-work blockchains and already has some interesting use cases. The project, along with its native cryptocurrency ADA, has generated enthusiasm in the community, which can be seen at times in its price history."[10]
2017 October Polygon (MATIC) is launched.[11]
2017  ? "BNB was launched through an initial coin offering in 2017, 11 days before the Binance cryptocurrency exchange went online"[12]
2018 April 29 The Nexo platform is launched, offering the world’s first instant crypto-backed loans.[13]
2018 November 2 Decentralized trading protocol Uniswap (UNI) is launched. It is known for its role in facilitating automated trading of decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens.[14][15]
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2019 June The Algorand (ALGO) mainnet becomes live.[16]
2020 May 26 The Genesis block of the Polkadot network is launched, as a Proof of Authority (PoA) network.[17]
2020 July 30 Elrond (EGLD) launches its mainnet.[18]
2021 February 25 The estimated number of global crypto users surpasses 100 million.[19]
2021 April 29 Cryptocurrencies hit a valuation of US$2 trillion, about the same valuation as all US dollars in circulation. However, it would since hit as high as $2.25 trillion.[20]
2021 May 10 Internet Computer (ICP) genesis.[21]

Meta information on the timeline

How the timeline was built

The initial version of the timeline was written by User:Sebastian.

Funding information for this timeline is available.

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What the timeline is still missing

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See also

External links

References

  1. "XRP price today, XRP live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021. 
  2. "Dogecoin price today, DOGE live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021. 
  3. "Tether price today, USDT live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021. 
  4. "Filecoin: A Cryptocurrency Operated File Storage Network" (PDF). filecoin.io. Retrieved 4 June 2021. 
  5. "Everything you need to know about Stellar Lumens". Abra. Retrieved 2 May 2021. 
  6. "About Monero". getmonero.org, The Monero Project. Retrieved 2 May 2021. 
  7. "Monero price today, XMR live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021. 
  8. "VeChain price today, VET live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 19 April 2021. 
  9. "One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked". Fortune. Retrieved 20 February 2021. 
  10. Škraba, Žiga P. "Cardano Price - Live ADA Value Chart & Market Cap [2021]". https://kriptomat.io/. Retrieved 2 May 2021.  External link in |website= (help)
  11. "Polygon price today, MATIC live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 2 June 2021. 
  12. "Binance Coin price today, BNB live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021. 
  13. "Nexo Launches Platform for the World's First Instant Crypto-backed Loans". Medium. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021. 
  14. "Uniswap (V2) trade volume and market listings". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 12 May 2021. 
  15. "Uniswap price today, UNI live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 2 May 2021. 
  16. "Algorand price today, ALGO live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021. 
  17. "Polkadot Launch Phases · Polkadot Wiki". undefined. Retrieved 5 May 2021. 
  18. "Elrond (eGLD) Review: Still Worth It? This You NEED To KNOW!!". Coin Bureau. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021. 
  19. GmbH, finanzen net. "The estimated number of global crypto users has passed 100 million - and boomers are now getting drawn to bitcoin too, reports find". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 6 May 2021. 
  20. "Cryptocurrency Is Now Worth More Than All US Currency in Circulation". Futurism. Retrieved 12 May 2021. 
  21. "Internet Computer price today, ICP live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 29 May 2021.