Price
PriceLegendary
Bitcoin Reaches $1
1 BTC = $1 USD for the first time on Mt. Gox.
BTC Price
$1
Importance
90/100
Bitcoin achieved parity with the US dollar on Mt. Gox — a psychological milestone that brought mainstream media attention and new participants to the ecosystem.
Tags
#parity#milestone
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