Time flies, it has been ten years since the publication of the white paper. Today, it happens to be the tenth anniversary of the BTC White Paper.
Let's review the ups and downs of Bitcoin:
ten years ago
On June 1 65438+1October1day, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto released a research report, expounding his new idea of digital currency-Bitcoin came out!
On June 3rd, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto dug up the first batch of 50 bitcoins on a small server in Helsinki, Finland.
2010 may 2 1 day, the first bitcoin transaction: Laszlo Hanyecz, a Florida programmer, bought a pizza coupon worth $25 with 10000 BTC. Due to the rapid price increase of bitcoin, Laszlo Hanyecz said: Pizza is really delicious, but it is a bit expensive.
On July 20 10/day, BTC was reported by the famous news website Slashdot that the number of bitcoin users increased rapidly. Five days later, on July 16, the price of BTC increased by 0.08 USD from 0.008 USD, and the price increased by 10 times. The first violent price fluctuation showed the rise of new things.
On July 2010/7, the first bitcoin platform was established.
2010165438+16 October, the price on MTGOX reached 0.5 USD.
On February 9th, 2065438+0/kloc-0, the price of BTC reached 1 USD for the first time, which was equivalent to USD. After the news that BTC is equivalent to the US dollar was widely reported by the media, it attracted great attention and the number of new users increased greatly. In the following two months, the exchange trading platforms between Bitcoin and British pound, Brazilian currency and Polish currency were opened one after another.
2011April16th, Time magazine published an article about bitcoin, and Forbes reported "cryptocurrency".
20 1 1 On August 20th, the first Bitcoin Conference and World Expo was held in new york, and the attention of Bitcoin reached a new high. The price at that time was $ 1 1.
On the 20th11114th, the bitcoin price hit a six-month low of $65,438 +0.99.
On September 5, 20 12, the London Bitcoin Conference was held. At this time, the price of Bitcoin is 1 1.8 USD.
20 12 On September 27th, Bitcoin Fund was established, and the price of Bitcoin was $65,438 +02.46.
2012165438+1On October 25th, the first European Bitcoin conference was held in Prague, Czech Republic. At this time, the price of Bitcoin is 12.6 USD.
On March 28th, 20 13, the total market value of BTC exceeded 10 billion USD, which was comparable to that of unicorn enterprises.
On April 1 day, 2065438, the price of BTC broke through 100 USD, and reached 266 USD 9 days later.
On June 27th, 20 13, the German Congress made a decision: holding Bitcoin for more than one year will be tax-free, which is considered by the industry as a disguised recognition of the legal status of Bitcoin. At this time, the price of Bitcoin is 102.24 USD.
2065438+0165438 On October 29th, 2003 10, the transaction price of bitcoin reached an all-time high of $ 1242, while the price of gold was124/kloc-per ounce.
20 13, 13 On February 5th, the Central Bank of China and five ministries and commissions issued a notice to supervise Bitcoin, which quickly fell to about 1000 USD, and then continued to plummet for a period of time, once falling below 500 USD.
20 15, 1 mid-term, BTC price fell to a low of 152 USD. After long-term continuous adjustment, the price began to climb step by step.
20 16 1 14, lightning net white paper released.