Bitcoin Calendar

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🪦 The First Bitcoin Obituary On November 8, 2010, the first (of many) Bitcoin obituary was written. The author claims that he is forced to explain to the audience how hopeless Bitcoin is in order to save readers from bankruptcy. 1 BTC = $0.23 https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2010-11-08/the-first-bitcoin-obituary

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💬 Hal Finney's Response to the Bitcoin Launch Announcement On November 7, 2008, Hal Finney was one of the first to respond to Satoshi Nakamoto's announcement about the launch of Bitcoin. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2008-11-07/hal-finneys-response-to-the-bitcoin-launch-announcement

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📚 Bitcoin Reformation On November 7, 2019, Tuur Demeester published the treatise "Bitcoin Reformation". https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2019-11-07/bitcoin-reformation

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💬 Satoshi on Decentralized Systems On November 6, 2008, Satoshi explained the strengths of decentralized systems: "Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled networks like Napster, but pure P2P networks like Gnutella and Tor seem to be holding their own." https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2008-11-06/satoshi-on-decentralized-systems

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🚀 Bitcoin Capitalization Reaches $1M On November 6, 2010, bitcoin market capitalization surpassed the $1 million mark. The price on MtGox touched $0.50 per coin. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2010-11-06/bitcoin-capitalization-reaches-1m

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🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On November 5, 2014, the article "Bitcoin is Dead" was published. "Unlike gold or tulips, bitcoin has no alternative use. Therefore, when the price crashes, there is no 'natural floor' below which bitcoin cannot fall." https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2014-11-05/bitcoin-obituary

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🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On November 4, 2015, Jamie Dimon stated that "Bitcoin will not survive." 1 BTC = $408.74 https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2015-11-04/bitcoin-obituary

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📸 First Photo of Mt Gox The first documented photo of the Mt Gox exchange trading interface, taken on November 2, 2011. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-11-02/first-photo-of-mt-gox

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🗝️ Diffie and Hellman Day On November 1, 1976, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman published their proposal for a breakthrough in cryptographic communication: the first implementation of a public/private key pair for secure communication over open channels. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/1976-11-01/diffie-and-hellman-day

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🟠 Bitcoin Logo Day On November 1, 2010, an unknown artist under the nickname bitboy shared one of the best branded logos of all time for free on the bitcointalk forum. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2010-11-01/bitcoin-logo-day

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📄 Bitcoin Whitepaper Day On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper on the cryptography mailing list. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2008-10-31/bitcoin-whitepaper-day

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🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On October 29, 2018, Nature published a paper stating that due to Bitcoin, the temperature on planet Earth would rise by 2℃ by 2033. In 2024 Bitcoin consumed less than 0.1% of the electricity produced by humans. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2018-10-29/bitcoin-obituary

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📚 Bitcoin and the Rhythms of History On October 29, 2020, Brandon Quittem publishes his essay "Bitcoin and the Rhythms of History". https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2020-10-29/bitcoin-and-the-rhythms-of-history

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📉 First Short Trade With Bitcoin On October 28, 2010, the first short trade with bitcoin was conducted with a loan of 100 BTC provided by the company nanotube to the Kiba company with the assistance of the bitcoin-otc market. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2010-10-28/first-short-trade-with-bitcoin

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📸 First Screenshot of the Trading Forum The first known screenshot of the bitcoin-otc forum for bitcoin trading from October 27, 2010. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2010-10-27/first-screenshot-of-the-trading-forum

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⌛️ Return of the Time Traveler On October 27, 2019, a time traveler returns to edit their post from 2013 and add a bit more negativity to their story. 1 BTC = $9,262 https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2019-10-27/return-of-the-time-traveler

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🇸🇻 El Salvador Buys 420 BTC On October 27, 2021, El Salvador acquires 420 bitcoins. 1 BTC = $60,500 https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2021-10-27/el-salvador-buys-420-btc

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🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On October 25, 2011, Twitter user Nick Allen boasts about his successful decision not to buy bitcoin at $2.70. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-10-25/bitcoin-obituary

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📉 Stock Market Crash of 1929 October 24 is considered the first day of the Stock Market Crash of 1929. This was the first (and by far not the last) major crash in the era of central banks. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/1929-10-24/stock-market-crash-of-1929

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🏦 Advance Bank to Issue ECash On October 24, 1997, Advance Bank and DigiCash announced that Advance would become the first bank in the Asia-Pacific region to issue ECash. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/1997-10-24/advance-bank-to-issue-ecash

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