🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On April 7, 2015, the director of Bitreserve predicted in an interview that Bitcoin would be gone within five years. 1 BTC = $223 https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2015-04-07/bitcoin-obituary

👨‍💻 Bitcoin Core v26.0 Released On April 7, 2024, Bitcoin Core v26.0 was officially released. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2024-04-07/bitcoin-core-v260-released

🎓 One of the First Bitcoin Conferences On April 6, 2011, bitcoiner Genjix spoke at the EPCA Bitcoin conference in Amsterdam, addressing an audience primarily composed of 50+ year old bankers. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-04-06/one-of-the-first-bitcoin-conferences

✍️ Executive Order 6102 During the Great Depression, on April 5, 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, effectively confiscating gold bullion and coins from individuals and organizations. On this day, we celebrate the *fictional* birthday of Satoshi Nakamoto – April 5, 1975. The date holds symbolic significance—this order remained in effect until 1975. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/1933-04-05/executive-order-6102

🥳 Satoshi's Birthday On this day, we celebrate Satoshi's birthday. April 5, 1975, was the birthdate Satoshi provided when registering on the P2P Foundation. The date holds symbolic meaning — April 5th coincides with the date of issuance of Executive Order 6102, which banned private ownership of gold, while 1975 marks the year the order was repealed. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/1975-04-05/satoshis-birthday

🇵🇱 Launch of BitMarket.eu On April 5, 2011, BitMarket.eu was launched—the first platform for exchanging bitcoin for Polish złoty. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-04-05/launch-of-bitmarketeu

🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On April 3, 2013, The Guardian publishes an article "Bitcoin is the Harlem Shake of currency". As you might have noticed, it didn't not age well: "Despite the hype, Bitcoin is used by very few people. It is not a legitimate currency just because it had a bubble" 1 BTC = $115 https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2013-04-04/bitcoin-obituary

📚 Bitcoin and Ocean Thermal Energy On April 4, 2022, Level39 drops a "Bitcoin and Ocean Thermal Energy" tweetstorm – a deep dive into how bitcoin mining could harness the planet's untapped power. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2022-04-04/bitcoin-and-ocean-thermal-energy

🌓 Second Bсash Halving On April 4, 2024, Bitcoin Cash undergoes its second halving at block 840,000, cutting miner rewards in half. As expected, miners flee, hash rate collapses, and block times drag. Another step on the inevitable path to irrelevance. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2024-04-04/second-bash-halving

⛏️BitPenny Mining Pool Shutdown On April 3, 2011, the BitPenny mining pool shut down. The pool operator cited "ongoing losses preventing sustainable development" as the reason for closure. In reality, the issue seemed to stem from a poorly designed miner reward system. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-04-03/bitpenny-mining-pool-shutdown

📚 Inalienable Property Rights: The Law, Language, Money, and Morality of Bitcoin On April 3, 2022, Gigi published the article "Inalienable Property Rights: The Law, Language, Money, and Morality of Bitcoin." https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2022-04-03/inalienable-property-rights-the-law-language-money-and-morality-of-bitcoin

📈 Bitcoin Hits $1 On April 2, 2011, bitcoin reached dollar parity for the first time. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-04-02/bitcoin-hits-1

🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On April 2, 2019, Gizmodo compares bitcoin to Monopoly money: "To be clear, Bitcoin is absolutely worthless by any real measure. It’s fake money that’s about as practical to use in the real world as Monopoly bills." 1 BTC = $4,908 https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2019-04-02/bitcoin-obituary

👨‍💻 P2SH Goes Live Bitcoin got smarter on April 1, 2012, at block 173,805 — P2SH went live. Instead of locking coins to a single key, it let users send funds to a script hash. The spending rules? Hidden until needed, enabling multisig wallets and more flexible transactions. Visit 21ideas.org to find out more about P2SH and other Bitcoin address types. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2012-04-01/p2sh-goes-live

🚀 Bitcoin Breaks $100 On April 1, 2013 bitcoin crossed the $100 mark on MtGox and major exchanges. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2013-04-01/bitcoin-breaks-100

🇧🇷 Bitcoin Arrives in Brazil On March 31, 2011 Bitcoin Brazil launched, becoming the first platform to exchange BTC for Brazilian real. Another step toward global adoption. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-03-31/bitcoin-arrives-in-brazil

🔦 A Message to the ECB: Study Bitcoin On March 31, 2023, bitcoiners took their message straight to the European Central Bank — projecting "Study Bitcoin" alongside the ₿ symbol onto its headquarters. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2023-03-31/a-message-to-the-ecb-study-bitcoin

🥳 Ross Ulbricht's Birthday On March 30, 1984, Ross Ulbricht was born. Ross is the founder of the first open online marketplace that supported bitcoin, Silk Road. This led to Ross being sentenced to over two life sentences for nonviolent offenses. Read more about Ross - his life, Silk Road, imprisonment and pardon👇 https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/1984-03-30/ross-ulbrichts-birthday

👨‍💻 Bitcoin v0.6 Arrives Faster sync, QR codes, and wallet backups – on March 30, 2011, Bitcoin v0.6 made running a node easier than ever. The update cut sync time, added message signing, and shrank transactions with compressed keys. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-03-30/bitcoin-v06-arrives

👮‍♂️ Corruption in the Silk Road Case The Bitcoin underworld wasn't just Silk Road—on March 30, 2015, two DEA agents investigating the case were arrested for stealing bitcoin. One moved $800,000 in BTC to his personal MtGox account; the other extorted funds while secretly working for a crypto exchange. Force has pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin with SilkRoad. He was also accused of secretly working for the CoinMKT exchange, using his DEA authority to remove clients' funds from the exchange and then using a subpoena to payment firm Venmo to try to unfreeze his frozen assets. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2015-03-30/corruption-in-the-silk-road-case