Bitcoin 11 years: "hard core" 100 things

On October 31, 2008, Nakamoto sent a Bitcoin white paper to members of the Cryptographic Money Mail Group.

The era of bitcoin has begun.

In the past ten years, after experiencing darknets, reality, hacking, users, supervision, and forks, Bitcoin prices ranged from 0 to 20,000 US dollars. They have harvested a group of believers, gave birth to an industry, and have been declared countless deaths.

On the eleventh anniversary of Bitcoin White Paper, 31QU collected 100 "hardcore" events in Bitcoin for 11 years and met with the second, third and countless decades.

Text /31QU Deep Alchemy

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2019.10.31

The Bitcoin White Paper was released on the 11th anniversary.

For more than a decade, decentralized bitcoin has spawned the entire blockchain industry and created a miracle.

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2019.10.26

Bitcoin prices rose from $7,600 to $10,800, a 40% increase in a single day, creating the third-largest amplitude of bitcoin price volatility.

2019.10.24

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee conducted the 18th collective study on the status quo and trends of blockchain technology development on the afternoon of October 24. The meeting proposed: Blockchain as an important breakthrough for independent innovation of core technologies.

2019.9.23

The bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt, which is settled in bitcoin, is online.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$1747

2019.06.18

The Libra white paper on the Facebook cryptocurrency project was released. According to the white paper, Libra aims to establish a stable currency in a secure and stable open source blockchain, supported by physical asset reserves and managed by independent associations.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$1677

2018.12.16

Bitcoin prices bottomed out at $3,200.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$560

2018.10.31

The tenth anniversary of the Bitcoin White Paper.

In the past decade, the decentralized bitcoin has given birth to a whole blockchain industry and created a miracle.

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2018.09.26

Bitumin, the world's largest mining company, officially submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Prior to this, Jianan Zhizhi and Yibang International, the second and third industry sharers, submitted their prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$60

2018.06.11

The US Commodity Futures Commission (CFTC) issued a subpoena to four digital currency exchanges, Bitstamp, Kraken, ItBit and Coinbase, asking them to explain the alleged market price manipulation.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$499

2018.06.10

CoinRail, the Korean digital currency exchange, was stolen with a value of $40 million in digital currency.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$891

2018.05.24

The US Department of Justice began investigating the illegal manipulation of bitcoin and other digital currency prices.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$210

2018.05.11

South Korea's largest digital currency exchange, UpBit, was surrounded by law enforcement officers for alleged fraud.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$918

2018.05.02

Goldman Sachs announced that it will use its own funds to conduct related contract transactions linked to bitcoin prices.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$293

2018.04.13

Coinsecure, one of India's largest digital currency exchanges, has stolen 190 bitcoins and will use its own funds to compensate.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$1568

2018.03.26

Twitter announced that it will ban digital currency advertising.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$1450

2018.03.14

Google announced that it will ban any digital currency and ICO ads on its search engine from June.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$639

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2018.03.07

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reiterated that digital asset exchanges should be registered in accordance with exchange regulations, triggering a new round of regulatory worries in the digital currency market.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$2748

2018.01.30

Facebook announced that it will ban all digital currency and digital asset advertising such as ICO on its website to prevent "fraud."

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$3188

2018.01.26

CoinCheck, one of Japan's largest digital currency exchanges, announced the cessation of digital currency withdrawal after stealing $123 million in Ripple coins and $500 million in NEM coins on the 26th.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$2607

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2018.01.13

On the same day, the 16,800,000 bitcoins were dug up. At this point, 80% of the total number of Bitcoins (21 million) has been dug.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$2588

2018.01.08

CoinMarketCap, the digital currency trading volume website, suddenly removed all Korean digital currency exchange trading prices, causing the global statistical currency price to plummet. On the same day, the Korean financial regulator conducted a surprise inspection of the digital currency account served by the bank.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$6146

2018.01.02

The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook’s early investor, Silicon Valley investment godfather Peter Thiel, bought multi-million dollar bitcoins.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$197

2017.12.28

Due to the volatility of the Korean digital currency market, Korean regulators have threatened to take a series of restrictions, including closing all exchanges in Korea.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$1099

2017.12.18

On the same day, Bitcoin prices reached a record high of $20,089 (CoinMarketCap data).

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$4025

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2017.12.11

Bitcoin futures were launched on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), which surged 26% on the first day and triggered "fuse" twice.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$2416

2017.11.28

Bitcoin prices broke through the $10,000 mark for the first time.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$5789

2017.11.08

The development team supporting the Bitcoin SegWit2x upgrade announced that due to insufficient support, the SegWit2x upgrade plan originally scheduled for November 16 was temporarily abandoned.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$701

2017.10.31

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced the launch of Bitcoin futures at the end of the year to accommodate the high demand of investors. After the news came out, the bitcoin price broke through $6,600 and the total market value exceeded $110 billion.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$1134

2017.10.25

On the same day, Bitcoin split out Bitcoin Gold (BTG), the market was insufficient for BTG information, causing a sell-off, and BTG prices plummeted 66%.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$1579

2017.10.13

For the first time in the history of bitcoin prices broke through the $5,000 mark.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$815

2017.09.14

Chinese regulators have ordered all domestic digital currency exchanges to close within a limited time and stop new user registrations.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$108

2017.09.12

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon publicly stated that Bitcoin is “fraudulent”, “worse than the tulip bubble” and even said that all employees who conduct bitcoin transactions will be fired.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$359

2017.09.03

Chinese regulators have ordered the ban on all forms of ICO in their territory.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$-445

2017.08.01

Bitcoin's expansion dispute over the years has led to bitcoin hard forks. Supporters of the "Segwit" optimization program continue to support Bitcoin. Proponents of the "big block" solution have created Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and directed the original Bitcoin holds an account for a 1:1 airdrop.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$596

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2017.04.01

Japan recognizes Bitcoin as a legal payment route. The Japanese legislative system passed a bill to incorporate the Japanese digital currency exchange into AML and KYC regulation, and recognized Bitcoin as a legitimate advance payment instrument.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$130

2017.03.28

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) vetoed the Bitcoin ETF application for the second time in the month. The purpose of the Bitcoin ETF is to allow tradable financial products that anchor bitcoin prices to liberalize access to the channel.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$146

2017.03.10

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected the Winklevoss brothers' Bitcoin ETF application.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$164

2017.03.03

Bitcoin prices broke through the $1,000 mark again after three years. A large number of media reports bring new investors, which is the main reason for this price breakthrough.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$214

2016.11.09

Trump unexpectedly was elected as the 45th president of the United States, the global financial market fell, bitcoin trading volume rose 5% within 24 hours, the price rose 5%, more than gold, showing safe-haven properties.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$23

2016.08.02

Bitfinex, the world's largest bitcoin exchange, was stolen 119,756 bitcoins, losing more than $72 million. On that day, bitcoin prices fell 20%.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$3

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2016.07.09

Bitcoin's output value has been halved for the second time, and the mining of each block will be reduced from 25 bitcoins to 12.5. According to the design of the Bitcoin “mining” mechanism, the output value will be halved for every 210,000 bitcoins generated. The next “depreciation” date is expected to occur in July 2020, and by 2140, bitcoin will be dug.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$22

2016.05.02

Australian Craig Wright publicly posted a blog promoting that he is the bitcoin creator of Satoshi Nakamoto and claims to have the secret key of Nakamoto's bitcoin wallet.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$17

2016.04.27

The famous game platform Steam began accepting bitcoin payments.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$1

2016.04.04

OpenBazaar, the world's first decentralized e-commerce company, released its first floor product. The company subsequently received a $1 million wind investment.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$6

2016.02.21

Some key members of the Bitcoin community held a closed-door seminar in Hong Kong and issued a statement after the meeting to support the expansion and hard-fork scheme. After the meeting, there was a criticism that the meeting could not represent the interests of the majority of the Bitcoin community.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$6

2016.01.14

Mike Hearn, an important developer in the Bitcoin community, publicly declared that Bitcoin had failed and decided not to continue to participate in Bitcoin development. He gave reasons for the failure of Bitcoin for community self-censorship, over-concentration of computing power, and the Bitcoin core team did not support expansion plans.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$34

2015.12.26

Bitcoin network total transfer times exceeded 100 million times.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$23

2015.12.08

"Connected" magazine published an article claiming that Australian Craig Wright may be Nakamoto. The author cites Craig's deleted blog, leaked emails, and other evidence, and believes that Wright can control a 1.1 million bitcoin trust fund.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$64

2015.11.03

The Bitcoin logo ₿ is included in the standard code system Unicode. The serial number of the Bitcoin logo is "U+20BF BITCOIN SIGN".

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$49

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2015.10.31

Bitcoin is on the cover of the Economist magazine. The Economist published an article that blockchain technology can provide "cheap, reliable public databases" for governments and banking institutions.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$43

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2015.10.22

The EU Department of Justice announced that within the EU, transactions in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not subject to “VAT” and that the digital currency is “currency” rather than “commodity”.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$45

2015.10.08

The digital currency exchange “Gemini” was launched and qualified for operations in 26 countries and regions. The exchange is controlled by the early Bitcoin holder Winklevoss.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$23

2015.09.18

The US Commodity Futures Commission (CFTC) said in a lawsuit against a bitcoin exchange: "Bitcoin and other virtual currencies have been defined as communities."

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$4

2015.08.15

Bitcoin core developers Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen have released a standalone version of the Bitcoin client, Bitcoin XT. The client proposed a "scalable block" solution for the expansion of Bitcoin. The release of Bitcoin XT indicates that it is difficult to reach a consensus within the Bitcoin community and increase the likelihood of a “hard fork” in the future.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$53

2015.08.01

Mark Karpeles, CEO of the bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which has gone bankrupt, was arrested for allegedly manipulating transactions and misappropriating client funds. Mt. Gox previously lost 744,400 bitcoins deposited by the user.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$16

2015.07.01

Two federal investigators, Carl Froce IV and Shaun Bridges, were found guilty of allegedly embezzling Bitcoin in a “Silk Road” investigation.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$31

2015.06.03

The New York State Department of Financial Services has announced a series of regulations for companies that target Bitcoin and digital currency services, which require companies offering New York State residents to apply for a "BitLicense" license within 45 days. This series is the first government regulation in the history of digital currency business. In response, companies including Bitfinex, Kraken, Bitquick.co and ShapeShift announced a suspension of services for New York State residents.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$6

2015.05.19

"Silk Road" founder "Ross Ulbricht" was accused of money laundering, hacking, drug trafficking and other seven counts, was sentenced to two life imprisonment + 40 years of imprisonment, and no parole. Judge Katherine Forrest stated in the verdict that the jurisprudence was “killing the monkeys” in order to warn the latecomers that “in this way, violation of the law would have extremely serious consequences”.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$4

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2015.01.26

Coinbase, a Bitcoin sales website, announced the launch of the Bitcoin Matching Trading Platform. The platform has received multiple licenses and can be legally traded to residents of 25 US states.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$59

2015.01.04

Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp was stolen 18,866 bitcoins worth $5.2 million. The hacker links the server through the administrator's account and cracks the hot wallet's secret key. Bitstamp announced that it will stop operating for 8 days to fix system vulnerabilities. Although no users have suffered economic losses in this hacking theft, market confidence has shrunk and bitcoin prices have fallen.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$77

2014.12.19

Former Bitcoin exchange BitInstant CEO, Charlie Shrem, known as "the first repeat of Bitcoin," was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of participating in the "Silk Road" money laundering.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$4

2014.12.11

Microsoft announced that it will accept bitcoin payments at Windows and Xbox Digital Stores and enter into a partnership with Bitcoin payment company Bitpay.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$28

2014.10.06

On the same day, the largest sell order in history appeared on the Bitstamp exchange, and a trader sold 30,000 bitcoins at a price of $300/piece. The pending order is called "Bear Whale" and was bought by traders within 24 hours.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$64

2014.09.08

Paypal subsidiary Braintree announced a partnership with Coinbase to provide Bitcoin payment services to users. The market predicts that Paypal will accelerate the pace of embracing Bitcoin.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$44

2014.07.30

Wikipedia announced that it began accepting bitcoin donations. Wikipedia said in a statement that accepting bitcoin is "a requirement for multiple communities."

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$5

2014.07.18

Dell announced that its dell.com will accept bitcoin payments and the partner is Coinbase. Dell is the company that accepts the largest market value of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$42

2014.06.27

The US Marshals publicly auctioned 29,656 bitcoins seized in the "Silk Road" case. The auction has a minimum of 3,000 units, and bidders are required to deposit a $200,000 deposit in advance. Well-known venture capitalist Tim Draper won all the auctions.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$32

2014.06.13

The calculation of the mining pool GHash.io accounted for 51%. GHash.io issued a statement saying that "will never participate in 51% of attacks" and promised to reduce the computing power to less than 39.99% by guiding miners to other mines.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$6

2014.04.10

The People's Bank of China has asked some Chinese banking institutions to close some of the bank accounts of the Bitcoin exchanges before April 15. In the strict policy environment, some exchanges continue to operate through overseas banks and crypto-coupon systems, but in general, the volume of digital currency transactions in China has decreased significantly.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$93

2014.03.26

The US Internal Revenue Service states in a policy document that Bitcoin is an asset, not a currency, and should be taxed in accordance with the capital income tax rules. This policy is generally considered too cumbersome and is opposed by most relevant parties.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$128

2014.03.06

"Newsweek" published an article saying that an unemployed engineer living in California, Dorian Nakamoto, is Nakamoto, causing widespread concern. The news came out that the Bitcoin community raised $23,000 for it. Dorian Nakamoto strongly denied any relationship with Bitcoin.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$31

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2014.02.24

In the accusation of the Bitcoin community, the Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox announced the closure. Mt. Gox announced that more than 850,000 users and its own bitcoin have been stolen in the past few years, with losses of $450 million.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$115

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2014.02.07

Mainstream exchanges, including Mt. Gox, Bitstamp and BTC-e, were all attacked by DDoS, which triggered a sharp fall in bitcoin prices.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$89

2013.12.05

The Chinese government has announced that Bitcoin is not a currency and prohibits all financial institutions from participating in the Bitcoin business. Global bitcoin prices have fallen sharply.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$181

2013.11.29

A large amount of funds from China pushed the price of bitcoin to a record high of $1,242. The main reason for the enthusiasm of this bitcoin was that Jet Li’s fund raised funds for the Lushan earthquake through Bitcoin and raised 230 bitcoins in two days, which was reported by the national media.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$211

2013.11.20

Yi Gang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, publicly stated at an event that “Bitcoin is instructive” and “will maintain long-term attention” and that “investors have the freedom to participate in Bitcoin transactions freely”. The popularity of Bitcoin in China has further increased, with daily trading volume reaching twice that of the Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$434

twenty four

2013.10.29

Robocoin and Bitcoiniacs launched the world's first Bitcoin ATM in Vancouver.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$60

twenty three

2013.10.01

The FBI captured the founder of the Silk Road website at the San Francisco Public Library, and the operator of the account name DreadPirate Roberts, Ross Ulbricht. Ross was accused of several counts of drug trafficking, money laundering, and hacking. Nearly 30,000 Bitcoins held by the Silk Road were seized, and 144,000 bitcoins held by Ross were confiscated.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$2

twenty two

2013.04.10

Stimulated by the news of the rescue of Cyprus, Mt. Gox, the world's largest bitcoin exchange, ushered in a large number of traders, causing server crashes. 瘫痪 caused market panic and bitcoin prices fell sharply.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$59

twenty one

2013.03.25

The Cyprus government, the European Central Bank and the World Monetary Organization announced a €10 billion bailout against Cyprus and a tax on all accounts with a deposit of more than €100,000 in Cyprus. As a world-famous “tax haven”, the Bank of Cyprus has gathered overseas accounts of a large number of wealthy people around the world. In order to avoid taxation, Cyprus account holders bought a lot of bitcoin and pushed the price of bitcoin from $80 to $260.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$57

2013.03.11

Bitcoin version 0.8 burst hard forks caused panic, bitcoin prices fluctuated sharply, and Mt. Gox suspended bitcoin access. Bitcoin developers, miners and community members quickly collaborated, and the two major pools, BTCGuild and slush's pool, rolled back. Later, the introduction of the 0.8.1 version quickly resolved the crisis.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$21

2012.11.28

Bitcoin output ushered in the first "half of capacity", and the bitcoin generated by each block was reduced from 50 to 25.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$1

2012.11.15

The famous website WordPress announced that it accepts bitcoin payments.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$1

2012.08.17

The Bitcoin Forum's famous account "Pirateat40" suddenly terminated its secret offering an eight-month "bitcoin wealth management service" with a weekly interest rate of 7%. After the service was suspended, "Pirateat40" is expected to take away 8.6-50 million bitcoins. Subsequently, the US Securities and Exchange Commission launched a Ponzi scheme investigation.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$2

2012.03.01

The hacker broke through the cloud service provider Linode's server and stole eight bitcoin wallets. Among them, bitcoin exchange Bitcoinica lost 43,000 bitcoins.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$0

2011.12.19

The famous American drama "The Proud Wife" announced that it will broadcast a new episode of the Bitcoin story theme on January 15, 2012, causing speculators to push up the price of the currency. When the episode aired, a total of 9.45 million viewers watched.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$1

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2011.06.19

The hacker obtained the Mt.Gox administrator rights of the Bitcoin exchange by stealing the database and made a false sell order, which pushed the price of bitcoin to $0.01. Mt.Gox and other major exchanges announced that the transaction was suspended for 7 days. Subsequently, the database leaked again, hackers through the database information to break MyBitcoin online wallet, stealing 4,019 bitcoins from more than 600 wallet addresses.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$1

2011.06.01

The famous blog site Gawker published an article promoting "can buy any drugs" on the "Silk Road". The article created a "bitcoin fanatic", and the Mt. Gox link at the end of the article triggered a lot of registration, pushing the bitcoin price to a new high of $31.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$8

2011.03.27

Bitcoin exchange Britcoin went online and opened the pound against bitcoin transactions. In the next few days, Bitcoin Brazil, BitMarket.eu and other exchanges opened open currency transactions in Brazil and Europe, respectively, which drastically lowered the threshold for bitcoin transactions.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$0.1

2011.02.09

Bitcoin prices reached the $1 mark on the exchange Mt. Gox for the first time. The iconic event caused a bit of bitcoin heat, and the Bitcoin official website was embarrassed for a short period of time due to excessive traffic.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$0.05

2010.12.13

Nakamoto bought the Bitcoin Forum for the last time, and since then, he has not appeared.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$0

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2010.08.15

A hacker exploited a vulnerability in the Bitcoin protocol to generate 184.4 billion bitcoins. The Bitcoin community responded quickly and released a revised version within a few hours. On the second day, Bitcoin solved the crisis through a hard fork.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: +$0

2010.07.18

Jed McCaleb, founder of the famous P2P transmission network "Electricity", announced that the Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was launched. Since then, due to operational issues, Jed sold Mt. Gox to Mark Karpeles in March 2011, which gradually built Mt.Gox into the first bitcoin exchange in the next three years.

Bitcoin price changes on the 10th: -$0.01

2010.07.11

The technology news site slashdot.org reported the release of Bitcoin 3.0, which significantly increased the popularity of Bitcoin in geeks.