Adoption
AdoptionNotable
Bitcoin Foundation Founded
Organization formed to promote and protect Bitcoin.
People
The Bitcoin Foundation was established to standardize, protect, and promote Bitcoin — though it later faced criticism.
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#foundation
What else happened around this time?
AdoptionMajor
Casascius Physical Bitcoins Launched
Mike Caldwell begins selling brass coins loaded with real BTC behind a tamper-evident hologram.
BTC $10#casascius#physical-bitcoin
MiningNotable
Network Difficulty Surpasses 1 Million
Mining difficulty crossed 1,000,000 as competition intensified post-GPU.
#difficulty#mining