Timeline of cryptocurrencies
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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 31 | Network system Stellar (XLM) is launched by Jed McCaleb, the founder of Mt. Gox and co-founder of Ripple.[4] | ||
2014 | April | Monero (XMR) is launched, with the goal to "allow transactions to take place privately and with anonymity."[5][6] | ||
2016 | June | VeChain launches.[7] | ||
2017 | July 7 | Security | “One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked” [8] | |
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."[9] | ||
2017 | ? | "BNB was launched through an initial coin offering in 2017, 11 days before the Binance cryptocurrency exchange went online"[10] | ||
2018 | November | Decentralized trading protocol Uniswap (UNI) is launched. It is known for its role in facilitating automated trading of decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens.[11] | ||
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."[12] | ||
2020 | May 26 | The Genesis block of the Polkadot network is launched, as a Proof of Authority (PoA) network.[13] | ||
2020 | July 30 | Elrond (EGLD) launches its mainnet.[14] | ||
2021 | February 25 | "The estimated number of global crypto users has passed 100 million - and boomers are now getting drawn to bitcoin too, reports find"[15] |
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- ↑ "XRP price today, XRP live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "Dogecoin price today, DOGE live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "Tether price today, USDT live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "Everything you need to know about Stellar Lumens". Abra. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "About Monero". getmonero.org, The Monero Project. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Monero price today, XMR live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "VeChain price today, VET live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ "One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked". Fortune. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ↑ Škraba, Žiga P. "Cardano Price - Live ADA Value Chart & Market Cap [2021]". https://kriptomat.io/. Retrieved 2 May 2021. External link in
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(help) - ↑ "Binance Coin price today, BNB live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "Uniswap price today, UNI live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Algorand price today, ALGO live marketcap, chart, and info". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "Polkadot Launch Phases · Polkadot Wiki". undefined. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ↑ "Elrond (eGLD) Review: Still Worth It? This You NEED To KNOW!!". Coin Bureau. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ↑ 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.