bitcoin.org is born
Date: August 18, 2008 On August 18, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto registered the domain bitcoin.org.
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First Bitcoin conference
Date: August 20, 2011 On August 20, 2011, the first Bitcoin conference took place in New York.
Bitcoin Infinity Day
Date: August 21, 2021 The formula ∞/21,000,000, popular within the Bitcoin community, suggests that Bitcoin's value could rise infinitely, assuming continual increases in human productivity. This concept is based on the idea that the total value of all goods divided by the approximately 21 million units of BTC would ultimately represent Bitcoin's worth as a...
Anniversary of the Death of Hal Finney
Date: August 28, 2014 On August 28, 2014, the renowned cypherpunk Hal Finney passed away after battling the severe neurological disease ALS. Finney was a pioneering figure in the Bitcoin community and notably the first person to receive a Bitcoin transaction, sent by Satoshi Nakamoto.
El Salvador makes Bitcoin the official means of payment
Date: September 7, 2021 On September 7, 2021, El Salvador introduced Bitcoin as an official means of payment, making it the first country to take this step.
Free Ross Day
Date: October 1, 2013 On October 1, 2013, the FBI arrested Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. On the anniversary of the arrest, the freedom community draws attention to the arguably inappropriate sentence for the man behind the free internet marketplace.
Bitcoin ATM Day
Date: October 29, 2013 On October 29, 2013, the world's first Bitcoin ATM was launched in a coffee shop in Vancouver, Canada.
Bitcoin Whitepaper Day
Date: October 31, 2008 On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the nine-page Bitcoin Whitepaper on the cryptography mailing list metzdowd.com.
Bitcoin Logo Day
Date: November 1, 2010 On November 1, 2010, a user named "bitboy" posted his design for the Bitcoin logo on the bitcointalk forum. His royalty-free logo was met with enthusiasm and became the logo for Satoshi Nakamoto's creation.
1 Million Dollar Day
Date: November 4, 2010 On 4 November 2010, Bitcoin cracked the market capitalization of one million US dollars for the first time. At the time, one BTC was worth just under 0.40 US dollars.
Crypto exchange FTX collapses
Date: November 8, 2022 On November 8, 2022, there was a bank run on FTX, one of the largest crypto exchanges at the time. It turned out that FTX had been re-lending customer deposits and the exchange filed for bankruptcy shortly afterwards.
bitcointalk forum starts
Date: November 22, 2009 On November 22, 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto published the welcome post in the bitcointalk forum