What Are the Top 10 Key Moments in Bitcoin History？

Registration

On 18 August 2008, the domain name bitcoin.org was registered.Right after three days when Neal Kin, Charles Bry, and Vladimir Oksman file an application for an encryption patent application, but there is no direct connection to Bitcoin or Nakamoto.

White Paper

On 31 October 2008, the official white paper of Bitcoin was published by Satoshi Nakamoto. In the white parper, Satoshi Nakamoto described the intended functionality and purpose of Bitcoin. Meanwhile, 31 October is generally considered to be the birth date of Bitcoin.

First Transaction

On 12 January 2009, Hal Finne (developer and cryptographer) downloaded the bitcoin software and received 10 bitcoins from Satoshi Nakamoto. He is also one of the people most strongly linked with Satoshi Nakamoto.

Pizza Day

On 22 May 2010, Florida-based programmer and bitcoin miner Laszlo Hanyecz purchase two pizzas with 10,000 Bitcoins, valued at a total of $25. It's the first reail purchase in bitcoin history.

BitPay Launches

In May 2011, BitPay was founded to provide mobile checkout services to companies that wanted to accept bitcoins. Its payment protocol gives consumers a more streamlined and secure cryptocurrency checkout process.

Silk Road Opens Its Doors

In October 2013, FBI shut down Silk Road website with the arrest of Ulbricht in a public library. Bitcoin was the preferred payment method in Silk Road website, an online black market selling illegal things such as weapons, drugs, and even human body.

Bitcoin Reaches US$1,000

In 2013, the price of Bitcoin suddenly surge from $125 in the September to $1,100 in the Novemember fuelled by investment from China. The price steadily declines through early 2014 and bottomed out at $200 in January 2015.

Mt. Gox Collapse

In February 2014, the biggest Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox collapsed and over 850,000 bitcoins was stolen. Mt. Gox was sold to Mark Karpeles by its original owner Jed McCaleb, Karpeles was arrested in 2015.

Microsoft Accepts Bitcoin

On 11 December 2014, Micrsoft accepting Bitcoin and its payment processor "Bitpay" as a payment for digital items like games, apps, Windows Phone and Xbox.

The Birth of BCH

There are two factions in Bitcoin community, one faction called SegWit supporters applied a user-activated soft fork and the other faction created Bitcoin Cash (BCH), currently valued at around US$470.