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Silk Road Goes Live
Ross Ulbricht launches the darknet marketplace that put Bitcoin on the map.
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$15
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85/100
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Silk Road demonstrated Bitcoin's censorship resistance as a permissionless payment system. While controversial, it proved Bitcoin couldn't be killed by shutting down one use case — and attracted intense regulatory scrutiny.
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#silk-road#darknet
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Silk Road Seized
FBI shuts down Silk Road and arrests Ross Ulbricht.
BTC $125#fbi#silk-road
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Bitcoin Reaches $1.00
BTC achieved parity with the US dollar on Mt. Gox.
BTC $1#parity#price-milestone
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Bitcoin Reaches $1
1 BTC = $1 USD for the first time on Mt. Gox.
BTC $1#parity#milestone
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First Mobile Bitcoin Wallet
Bitcoin Wallet for Android brought BTC to mobile for the first time.
#mobile#wallet