October 31, 2008: Bitcoin Technical Document published by Satoshi Nakamoto.
January 3, 2009: The first Bitcoin block was created.
January 12, 2009: The first Bitcoin transfer occurred between Satoshi Nakamoto and programmer Hal Finney.
October 5, 2009: The New Liberty Standard exchange published the first Bitcoin rate. $1 = 1,309.03 BTC
May 22, 2010: A user named Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas on the BitcoinTalk forum, which is considered the first real Bitcoin transaction. May 22 is celebrated annually as “Bitcoin Pizza Day.”
July 2010: The first Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, is founded.
August 2010: Bitcoin market value surpasses $1 million. 1 BTC = $0.5
February 9, 2011: Bitcoin is equalized to the US Dollar for the first time. 1 BTC = $1
April 23, 2011: With the start of Bitcoin’s sale in Euros and British Pounds, the market value reached around $10 million.
June 8, 2011: Bitcoin reaches $31.89.
September 27, 2012: The Bitcoin Foundation is founded.
November 28, 2012: 1st Bitcoin Block Reward Halving occurs. Bitcoin block reward decreased from 50 BTC to 25 BTC.
March 28, 2013: Bitcoin market value exceeds $1 billion.
April 2013: Bitcoin price exceeds $100.
May 2, 2013: First Bitcoin ATM becomes operational in San Diego, California.
October 2, 2013: FBI shuts down Silk Road and seizes $3.6 million worth of Bitcoin.
February 2014: Mt. Gox shuts down due to technical problems. By the end of the month, 744,000 Bitcoins were reported stolen and it filed for bankruptcy protection.
March 2016: Japan's Cabinet accepts that virtual currencies such as Bitcoin have a function similar to real money.
July 9, 2016: 2nd Bitcoin Block Reward Halving occurs. Bitcoin block reward drops from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC.
November 2016: The number of Bitcoin ATMs doubles in the past 18 months, reaching 771.
April 1, 2017: Japan accepts Bitcoin as an official form of payment.
July 1, 2017: The Bitcoin blockchain forks, creating a new cryptocurrency called Bitcoin Cash.
October 12, 2017: JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon calls Bitcoin a scam.
October 31, 2017: CME Group announces Bitcoin futures trading.
November 28, 2017: Bitcoin price surpasses $10,000.
December 11, 2017: Bitcoin futures began trading on the Chicago (CBOE) exchange.
December 17, 2017: Bitcoin reached its highest value of $20,089.
January 13, 2018: With the production of 16,800,000 Bitcoins, 80% of the total Bitcoin was produced.
March 7, 2018: The US, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced a registration requirement for cryptocurrency trading platforms.
May 2, 2018: Goldman Sachs announced that it would open a Bitcoin investment operation.
May 11, 2020: The 3rd Bitcoin Block Reward Halving took place. The Bitcoin block reward decreased from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC.
October 21, 2020: American payment systems company PayPal announced that it would begin providing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading services to its users.
December 16, 2020: Bitcoin breaks its all-time high (ATH) record, surpassing its all-time high price from 2017.
December 28, 2020: Bitcoin's market value exceeds $500 billion, surpassing Visa's market value.
December 31, 2020: Bitcoin's price reaches $219,099.
February 19, 2021: Bitcoin's market value reaches $1 trillion.
September 7, 2021: Bitcoin is accepted as the official currency of El Salvador. Thus, Bitcoin became the legal currency of a country for the first time. McDonald's took its place among the brands that accept Bitcoin payments in El Salvador.
October 31, 2021: It's been 13 years since Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin Whitepaper in an email group. The Bitcoin Whitepaper is 13 years old!!!
November 10, 2021: Bitcoin (BTC) price reaches an all-time high of $69,000.
November 14, 2021: The long-awaited Bitcoin Taproot update is implemented.
December 10, 2021: The processing power (hash rate) on the Bitcoin network reaches an all-time high of 181.77 TH/s.
December 13, 2021: With the production of 18,089,000 Bitcoins, 90% of the total supply has been released.
January 3, 2022: Bitcoin is 13 years old!
January 3, 2023: Bitcoin is 14 years old!
January 3, 2024: Bitcoin is 15 years old!
April 19, 2024: The Bitcoin block reward halving occurred for the 4th time. Bitcoin block reward decreased from 6.25 Bitcoins to 3,125 Bitcoins.
May 5, 2024: The Bitcoin blockchain surpassed 1 billion transactions.
January 20, 2025: Bitcoin breaks all-time record ($108,786).