# Bitcoin Historical Events

> A growing collection of 140+ notable dates, milestones, and events in bitcoin history. From the pre-Bitcoin era of cryptographic foundations through the Genesis Block, scaling debates, institutional adoption, and beyond. Each event includes a description and historical context. Made by Coinkite Inc.

- [Homepage](https://bitcoin.holiday): Interactive calendar with all events
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- [Contribute](https://github.com/coinkite/bitcoin.holiday.pub): Submit new events via GitHub

## Pre-Bitcoin Foundations
- [Diffie-Hellman day](https://bitcoin.holiday/1976-11-01-diffie-hellman-day): 1976-11-01
- [Bitcoin.org Registered](https://bitcoin.holiday/2008-08-18-bitcoinorg-registered): 2008-08-18
- [Satoshi Emails Adam Back For Hashcash Citation](https://bitcoin.holiday/2008-08-20-satoshi-emails-adam-back-for-hashcash-citation): 2008-08-20
- [Bitcoin Whitepaper Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2008-10-31-bitcoin-whitepaper-day): 2008-10-31
- [The Bitcoin Mailing List Begins](https://bitcoin.holiday/2008-12-10-the-bitcoin-mailing-list-begins): 2008-12-10
- [Believe Me Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/-believe-me-day): 

## Genesis Era (2009-2011)
- [Bitcoin's birthday!](https://bitcoin.holiday/2009-01-03-bitcoins-birthday): 2009-01-03
- [Running Bitcoin Day!](https://bitcoin.holiday/2009-01-10-running-bitcoin-day): 2009-01-10
- [Genesis Transaction Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2009-01-11-genesis-transaction-day): 2009-01-11
- [First Bitcoin Exchange Rate](https://bitcoin.holiday/2009-10-05-first-bitcoin-exchange-rate): 2009-10-05
- [Bitcoin Pizza Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2010-05-22-bitcoin-pizza-day): 2010-05-22
- [Mt. Gox Opens for Trading](https://bitcoin.holiday/2010-07-18-mt-gox-opens-for-trading): 2010-07-18
- [Value Overflow Incident](https://bitcoin.holiday/2010-08-15-value-overflow-incident): 2010-08-15
- [Bitcoin Logo Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2010-11-01-bitcoin-logo-day): 2010-11-01
- [La Fuga - Satoshi's Final Message](https://bitcoin.holiday/2010-12-12-la-fuga-satoshis-final-message): 2010-12-12
- [Silk Road Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-01-27-silk-road-day): 2011-01-27
- [Dollar Parity Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-02-09-dollar-parity-day): 2011-02-09
- [Altcoin Genesis Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-04-18-altcoin-genesis-day): 2011-04-18
- [Bitcoin in Good Hands](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-04-23-bitcoin-in-good-hands): 2011-04-23
- [$10 Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-06-02-10-bitcoin): 2011-06-02
- [The great bitcoin bubble of 2011](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-06-12-the-great-bitcoin-bubble-of-2011): 2011-06-12
- [WikiLeaks Accepts Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-06-14-wikileaks-accepts-bitcoin): 2011-06-14
- [Mt. Gox Hack — Price Crashes to $0.01](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-06-19-mt-gox-hack-price-crashes-to-001): 2011-06-19
- ["Bitcoin Is Dead" — First Obituary](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-06-20-bitcoin-is-dead-first-obituary): 2011-06-20
- [Len Sassaman Memorial](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-07-26-len-sassaman-memorial): 2011-07-26
- [Coinkite Was Born #140,900](https://bitcoin.holiday/2011-08-13-coinkite-was-born-140900): 2011-08-13

## Growth Era (2012-2015)
- [Bitcoin Foundation Launched](https://bitcoin.holiday/2012-09-27-bitcoin-foundation-launched): 2012-09-27
- [The First Halving](https://bitcoin.holiday/2012-11-28-the-first-halving): 2012-11-28
- [CoinJoin Concept Published](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-01-15-coinjoin-concept-published): 2013-01-15
- [24 block rollback](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-03-12-24-block-rollback): 2013-03-12
- [The Billion Dollar Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-03-28-the-billion-dollar-day): 2013-03-28
- [$100 Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-04-01-100-bitcoin): 2013-04-01
- [Bitcoin ATM Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-05-02-bitcoin-atm-day): 2013-05-02
- [Shitcoin Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-07-03-shitcoin-day): 2013-07-03
- [Free Ross Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-10-01-free-ross-day): 2013-10-01
- [FBI Seizes Silk Road](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-10-02-fbi-seizes-silk-road): 2013-10-02
- [$1,000 Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-11-27-1000-bitcoin): 2013-11-27
- [Haters in Disbelief Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-11-28-haters-in-disbelief-day): 2013-11-28
- [Bitcoin Surpasses Gold (Per Ounce)](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-11-29-bitcoin-surpasses-gold-per-ounce): 2013-11-29
- [HODL day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2013-12-18-hodl-day): 2013-12-18
- [The death of Mt. Gox](https://bitcoin.holiday/2014-02-24-the-death-of-mt-gox): 2014-02-24
- [I am not Dorian Nakamoto](https://bitcoin.holiday/2014-03-07-i-am-not-dorian-nakamoto): 2014-03-07
- [Hal Finney's Passing](https://bitcoin.holiday/2014-08-28-hal-finneys-passing): 2014-08-28
- [Opendime makes its debut](https://bitcoin.holiday/2014-09-02-opendime-makes-its-debut): 2014-09-02
- [The Slaying of the BearWhale](https://bitcoin.holiday/2014-10-06-the-slaying-of-the-bearwhale): 2014-10-06
- [This is Gentlemen!](https://bitcoin.holiday/2014-11-11-this-is-gentlemen): 2014-11-11
- [Microsoft Accepts Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.holiday/2014-12-11-microsoft-accepts-bitcoin): 2014-12-11
- [Bitstamp Hack](https://bitcoin.holiday/2015-01-04-bitstamp-hack): 2015-01-04

## Scaling Wars Era (2016-2019)
- [Network Hashrate Exceeds 1 Exahash](https://bitcoin.holiday/2016-01-01-network-hashrate-exceeds-1-exahash): 2016-01-01
- [Lightning Whitepaper Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2016-01-14-lightning-whitepaper-day): 2016-01-14
- [The DAO Hack](https://bitcoin.holiday/2016-06-17-the-dao-hack): 2016-06-17
- [The Second Halving](https://bitcoin.holiday/2016-07-09-the-second-halving): 2016-07-09
- [Bitfinex Hack — 120,000 BTC Stolen](https://bitcoin.holiday/2016-08-02-bitfinex-hack-120000-btc-stolen): 2016-08-02
- [Bitconneeeeeeeeect!](https://bitcoin.holiday/2016-11-15-bitconneeeeeeeeect): 2016-11-15
- [Gold Parity Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-03-03-gold-parity-day): 2017-03-03
- [Japan Recognizes Bitcoin as Legal Payment](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-04-01-japan-recognizes-bitcoin-as-legal-payment): 2017-04-01
- [First Lightning payment on LTC](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-05-10-first-lightning-payment-on-ltc): 2017-05-10
- [NY Disagreement Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-05-23-ny-disagreement-day): 2017-05-23
- [₿ — Bitcoin Gets a Unicode Symbol](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-06-21-bitcoin-gets-a-unicode-symbol): 2017-06-21
- [Bitcoin Cash Fork](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-08-01-bitcoin-cash-fork): 2017-08-01
- [Bitcoin Independence Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-08-01-bitcoin-independence-day): 2017-08-01
- [SegWit Lock-in Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-08-08-segwit-lock-in-day): 2017-08-08
- [Activation Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-08-23-activation-day): 2017-08-23
- [SegWit Activates on Mainnet](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-08-24-segwit-activates-on-mainnet): 2017-08-24
- [First On-Chain Atomic Swap](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-09-23-first-on-chain-atomic-swap): 2017-09-23
- [S2X Failure to Launch Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-11-17-s2x-failure-to-launch-day): 2017-11-17
- [$10,000 Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-11-28-10000-bitcoin): 2017-11-28
- [Coldcard makes its debut](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-12-14-coldcard-makes-its-debut): 2017-12-14
- [$20,000 Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2017-12-17-20000-day): 2017-12-17
- [Lightning Pay Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2018-01-08-lightning-pay-day): 2018-01-08
- [Lightning Pizza Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2018-02-25-lightning-pizza-day): 2018-02-25
- [Lightning Network Goes Live on Mainnet](https://bitcoin.holiday/2018-03-14-lightning-network-goes-live-on-mainnet): 2018-03-14
- [Proof of Keys Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2019-01-03-proof-of-keys-day): 2019-01-03
- [Lightning Network Torch](https://bitcoin.holiday/2019-01-19-lightning-network-torch): 2019-01-19

## Institutional Era (2020-2023)
- [Black Thursday](https://bitcoin.holiday/2020-03-12-black-thursday): 2020-03-12
- [The Third Halving](https://bitcoin.holiday/2020-05-11-the-third-halving): 2020-05-11
- [Craig Wright is a Fraud Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2020-05-25-craig-wright-is-a-fraud-day): 2020-05-25
- [MicroStrategy Buys Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.holiday/2020-08-11-microstrategy-buys-bitcoin): 2020-08-11
- [HFSP Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2020-09-13-hfsp-day): 2020-09-13
- [PayPal Announces Bitcoin Support](https://bitcoin.holiday/2020-10-21-paypal-announces-bitcoin-support): 2020-10-21
- [Bitcoin Becomes a Trillion Dollar Network](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-01-08-bitcoin-becomes-a-trillion-dollar-network): 2021-01-08
- [Elon Adds](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-01-29-elon-adds): 2021-01-29
- [Tesla Buys $1.5 Billion in Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-02-08-tesla-buys-15-billion-in-bitcoin): 2021-02-08
- [#LaserEyes](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-02-12-lasereyes): 2021-02-12
- [The Trillion Dollar Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-02-19-the-trillion-dollar-day): 2021-02-19
- [Moscow time](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-03-25-moscow-time): 2021-03-25
- [Coinbase Goes Public](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-04-14-coinbase-goes-public): 2021-04-14
- [Colonial Pipeline Ransom Recovered](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-06-07-colonial-pipeline-ransom-recovered): 2021-06-07
- [Jack Dorsey's BLOCKCLOCK Moment](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-06-08-jack-dorseys-blockclock-moment): 2021-06-08
- [Law declaring bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador passes](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-06-09-law-declaring-bitcoin-legal-tender-in-el-salvador-passes): 2021-06-09
- [Bitcoin Infinity Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-08-21-bitcoin-infinity-day): 2021-08-21
- [Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-09-07-bitcoin-becomes-legal-tender-in-el-salvador): 2021-09-07
- [$69,000 All-Time High](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-11-10-69000-all-time-high): 2021-11-10
- [Taproot Activation](https://bitcoin.holiday/2021-11-14-taproot-activation): 2021-11-14
- [Terra-Luna Collapse](https://bitcoin.holiday/2022-05-12-terra-luna-collapse): 2022-05-12
- [FTX Files for Bankruptcy](https://bitcoin.holiday/2022-11-11-ftx-files-for-bankruptcy): 2022-11-11
- [Ordinals Protocol Launches](https://bitcoin.holiday/2023-01-13-ordinals-protocol-launches): 2023-01-13
- [Zap NIP Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2023-02-13-zap-nip-day): 2023-02-13

## Modern Era (2024-Present)
- [Spot Bitcoin ETF Approved](https://bitcoin.holiday/2024-01-10-spot-bitcoin-etf-approved): 2024-01-10
- [The Fourth Halving](https://bitcoin.holiday/2024-04-20-the-fourth-halving): 2024-04-20
- [The Bitcoin Election](https://bitcoin.holiday/2024-11-06-the-bitcoin-election): 2024-11-06
- [$100,000 Day](https://bitcoin.holiday/2024-11-22-100000-day): 2024-11-22
- [Ross Ulbricht Pardoned](https://bitcoin.holiday/2025-01-21-ross-ulbricht-pardoned): 2025-01-21
- [Bitcoin ETF AUM Surpasses Gold ETF](https://bitcoin.holiday/2025-01-22-bitcoin-etf-aum-surpasses-gold-etf): 2025-01-22
- [US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve](https://bitcoin.holiday/2025-03-07-us-strategic-bitcoin-reserve): 2025-03-07
- [$125,000 All-Time High](https://bitcoin.holiday/2025-08-13-125000-all-time-high): 2025-08-13
- [Strategy Surpasses 500,000 BTC](https://bitcoin.holiday/2025-11-28-strategy-surpasses-500000-btc): 2025-11-28

## About
- Website: https://bitcoin.holiday
- Publisher: [Coinkite Inc.](https://coinkite.com) — makers of COLDCARD, Opendime, and BLOCKCLOCK
- Data format: Markdown files with YAML frontmatter (date, title, description, image)
- License: Open source contributions welcome via GitHub
- Contact: https://coinkite.com