When Satoshi Nakamoto published the article titled "A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System: Bitcoin", he was proposing a payment method that anyone can trust. We have compiled important moments for Bitcoin since 2009, when the first Bitcoin was produced.
?? October 31, 2008 : Bitcoin Technical Document published by Satoshi Nakamoto.
? 3 January 2009 : The first Bitcoin block was created.
?? January 12, 2009 : The first Bitcoin transfer took place between Nakamoto and programmer Hal Finney.
?? October 5, 2009 : The exchange named New Liberty Standard published the first Bitcoin exchange rate. $ 1 = 1,309.03 BTC
?? May 22, 2010 : Laszlo Hanyecz's payment of 10,000 Bitcoin for 2 pizzas on the BitcoinTalk forum was deemed the first true Bitcoin exchange. May 22nd is celebrated annually as "Bitcoin Pizza Day".
?? July 2010 : First Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox is established.
?? August 2010 : Bitcoin market value exceeded $ 1 million. 1 BTC = $ 0.5
?? February 9, 2011 : Bitcoin equalized to US Dollar for the first time. 1 BTC = $ 1
?? 23 April 2011 : With the start of the sale of Bitcoin in Euro and British Pound, the market value reached around 10 Million Dollars.
?? June 8, 2011 : Bitcoin hits $ 31.89 .
?? September 27, 2012 : The Bitcoin Foundation was established.
?? 28 November 2012: The 1st Bitcoin Block Reward Halving took place. Bitcoin block reward dropped from 50 BTC to 25 BTC.
?? 28 March 2013 : Bitcoin's market value exceeded $ 1 Billion.
?? April 2013 : Bitcoin price exceeded $ 100.
?? May 2, 2013 : The first Bitcoin ATM started operations in San Diego, California.
?? 1 July 2013: BtcTurk was established and the first Bitcoin transaction was made.
?? October 2, 2013 : FBI seized $ 3.6 million worth of Bitcoin by closing Silk Road.
?? February 2014 : Mt. Gox closed due to technical problems. At the end of the month, it was reported that 744,000 Bitcoins were stolen and filed for protection from bankruptcy.
???? January 26, 2015 : COINBASE started operating in 25 states as the first regulated exchange in the USA.
???? March 2016 : The Japanese Council of Ministers acknowledged that virtual currencies such as Bitcoin have a similar function to real money.
???? 9 July 2016: The 2nd Bitcoin Block Reward Halving took place. Bitcoin block reward dropped from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC.
?? November 2016 : The number of Bitcoin ATMs has doubled in the last 18 months to 771.
???? 1 April 2017 : Japan accepted Bitcoin as its official payment method.
?? July 1, 2017 : A new cryptocurrency called Bitcoin Cash has emerged by forking the Bitcoin blockchain.
???? September 3, 2017 : China banned companies from raising funds with ICOs.
????? October 12, 2017 : JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon called Bitcoin a fraud.
???? October 15, 2017 : China announced that its cryptocurrency trading platforms will be shut down.
?? October 31, 2017 : CME Group announced that Bitcoin will open for futures.
?? November 28, 2017 : Bitcoin price exceeded $ 10,000.
?? December 11, 2017 : Bitcoin futures started on Chicago (CBOE) stock exchange.
?? December 17, 2017 : Bitcoin reached its highest value of $ 20,089.
? 13 January 2018 : 16.800.000. With the production of Bitcoin, 80% of the total Bitcoin was produced.
?? January 30, 2018 : Facebook banned cryptocurrency ads.
?? March 7, 2018 : The US, Exchanges and Securities Commission (SEC) imposed a registration requirement on cryptocurrency trading platforms.
?? March 14, 2018 : Google banned cryptocurrency ads.
?? March 26, 2018 : Twitter announced that it will ban cryptocurrency ads.
?? May 2, 2018 : Goldman Sachs announced that it will open a Bitcoin investment operation.
?????? May 11, 2020: The 3rd Bitcoin Block Reward Halving took place. Bitcoin block reward dropped from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC.
?? October 21, 2020: American payment systems company PayPal announced that it will start providing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading services to its users.
?? 16 December 2020: Bitcoin breaks its highest price in 2017 , refreshing its all-time high value (ATH) record.
?? December 28, 2020: Bitcoin's market value exceeds $ 500 billion, surpassing Visa's market value.
?? December 31, 2020: Bitcoin's price reached 219,099 TL.
?? 3 January 2021 : Bitcoin is 12 years old!
