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FPGA Mining Era
FPGAs bridge the gap between GPUs and ASICs.
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Field-Programmable Gate Arrays offered improved efficiency over GPUs before purpose-built ASICs arrived. The FPGA era was brief but important — it proved that dedicated hardware would dominate Bitcoin mining.
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GPU Mining Begins
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Satoshi's Last Forum Post
Satoshi's final Bitcointalk post before disappearing.
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Bitcoin Reaches $1.00
BTC achieved parity with the US dollar on Mt. Gox.
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Bitcoin Reaches $1
1 BTC = $1 USD for the first time on Mt. Gox.
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