Bitcoin Key Highlights

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October 31, 2008: Bitcoin whitepaper published by the anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.
January 3, 2009: The Genesis Block or block number one is mined.
January 12, 2009: The first Bitcoin transaction.
December 16, 2009: Version 0.2 is released.
November 6, 2010: Market cap value exceeds $1 million USD.
October 2011: Bitcoin forks for the first time to create Litecoin.
June 3, 2012: Block 181919 created with 1322 transactions. It is the largest block to-date.
June 2012: Coinbase launches.
September 27, 2012: Bitcoin Foundation is formed.
4th December 2013: Price reaches a high of $1,079.
7th December 2013: Price falls to around $760.
February 7, 2014: Mt. Gox gets hacked. This was one of the worst hacks ever which lead to a drop in price.
June 2015: BitLicense gets established. This is one of the most significant cryptocurrency regulations.
August 1, 2017: Bitcoin forks again to form Bitcoin Cash.
August 23, 2017: SegWit gets activated.
September 2017: China bans BTC trading.
December 2017: First bitcoin futures contracts were launched by CBOE Global Markets (CBOE) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
December 2017: Bitcoin price reaches its all-time high.
January 2018: Price drops as a result of the 2018 cryptocurrency market crash.
September 2018: Cryptocurrency value collapses 80% from their peak in January 2018, making the 2018 cryptocurrency bearish run worse than the Dot-com bubble’s 78% collapse.
November 15, 2018: Bitcoin’s market cap value fell below $100 billion for the first time since October 2017.
October 31, 2018: 10-year anniversary of Bitcoin
May 11, 2020: 3rd Bitcoin halving

Bitcoin Key Highlights

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