Price
PriceNotable
Bitcoin Reaches $1.00
BTC achieved parity with the US dollar on Mt. Gox.
BTC Price
$1
Importance
62/100
On February 9, 2011, Bitcoin traded at $1.00 on Mt. Gox — a symbolic milestone from worthless experiment to dollar-denominated asset. The community celebrated parity day as proof the network had real economic weight.
Tags
#parity#price-milestone
Sources
What else happened around this time?
SecurityLegendary
Value Overflow Incident
184 billion BTC created by bug — fixed by consensus in 5 hours.
#bug#consensus
HardwareLegendary
GPU Mining Begins
ArtForz pioneers GPU mining, making CPU mining obsolete.
#gpu#mining
HardwareNotable
GPU Mining Era Begins
Miners began outperforming CPUs with graphics cards — the first hardware arms race.
#gpu#mining
PeopleLegendary
Satoshi's Last Forum Post
Satoshi's final Bitcointalk post before disappearing.
#satoshi