Quick Bitcoin History

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Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin in 2008.

August 18, the domain name bitcoin.org was registered.
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-January 21, the first Bitcoin Transaction was made.
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-February 6, the first official Bitcoin Market was opened.
-May 22, the first Online Bitcoin Purchase. Somebody bought 2 pizzas for 10 000 bitcoins. Today, 10 000 bitcoins are worth around $110 000 000.
-October 16, BTC is purchased & traded as a currency for the first time.
November 6, Bitcoin Capitalization amounted to $1 000 000.
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-February 9, Bitcoin equaled to the Dollar Value.
-April 16, the official press payed attention to bitcoins for the first time. TIME magazine published an article about Crypto Currency.
-April 23, the BTC/USD rate reached and exceeded the USD/EUR and the USD/GBP rate on the MtGox Market. Total Bitcoin Capitalization has reached $ 10 million.
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-In 2012, Bitcoin Central Bank received a license and BTC has turned into something real as compared to its previous status of an abstract Digital Currency.

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-April, the biggest fall in the BTC rate has occurred - by 80% in 24 hours.
-November, for the first time the price of BTC exceeded the price of gold.
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-January, the first Secure Bitcoins Depository, Elliptic Vault, was opened in London.
-December, the bitcoin rate reached $310. 2014 can be considered as "stabilizing" for bitcoin, which was a sign of the Currency Strengthening.
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-October, BTC price exceeded $500 – a favorable moment for the digital currencies development history.
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-Since early 2016, Bitcoin has increased in value by approximately 120%, BTC exchange rate fluctuated between $350-400
-By mid-June, the BTC rate has doubled and reached $ 720
-December, an incredible breakthrough, the cost of BTC grew by $ 200 per month, and Market Capitalization exceeded $ 15 billion.

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-Now, coming towards Dec 2017, value of a bitcoin is roughly £11k++++ can you even imagine how big it will be in the coming following years?

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