Exchanges
ExchangesMajor
Mt. Gox Launched
Jed McCaleb launches what becomes the dominant Bitcoin exchange.
Location
Japan
Importance
80/100
People
Related Events
Originally 'Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange,' Mt. Gox was repurposed as a Bitcoin exchange by Jed McCaleb. It would eventually handle 70%+ of global Bitcoin volume before its catastrophic collapse in 2014.
Tags
#mt-gox#exchange
What else happened around this time?
SecurityLegendary
Mt. Gox Bankruptcy
850,000 BTC missing — the largest exchange failure in history.
BTC $550#mt-gox#hack
ExchangesMajor
Bitcoin Market — First Exchange
dwdollar creates the first Bitcoin exchange.
#first-exchange
PeopleLegendary
Patoshi Mining Pattern Ends
Forensic analysis places Satoshi's last known mined block at height 54,316.
#patoshi#satoshi
AdoptionEpoch
Bitcoin Pizza Day
Laszlo Hanyecz pays 10,000 BTC for two pizzas — the first real-world purchase.
BTC $0.0041#pizza-day#first-purchase