Bitcoin's price exceeds the price of one troy ounce of gold for the first time, reaching $1,242 on Mt. Gox while gold traded at $1,241.98. A symbolic milestone for "digital gold." Though this parity was brief -- Bitcoin's price would crash back below $200 within a year -- it planted the seed of a narrative that would define the next decade. Bitcoiners had long argued that a scarce, portable, divisible digital asset would eventually rival gold. On this day, the market agreed, if only for a moment.
Wikipedia: History of Bitcoin