History of Bitcoin

2008
Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin in 2008
August 18, the domain name bitcoin.org was registered
2009
January 21, the first bitcoin transaction was made
2010
February 6, the first official Bitcoin Market was opened
May 22, the first online bitcoin purchase. Somebody bought 2 pizzas for 10 000 bitcoins. Today, 10 000 bitcoins are worth around $45 000 000
October 16, BTC is purchased and traded as a currency for the first time in history
November 6, Bitcoin capitalization amounted to $1 000 000
2011
February 9, Bitcoin equaled to the dollar value.
April 16, the official press payed attention to bitcoins for the first time. The TIME magazine published an article about crypto currency
April 23, the BTC/USD rate reached and exceeded the USD/EUR and the USD/GBP rate on the MtGox Market. The total capitalization of bitcoins has reached $ 10 million
2012
In 2012, Bitcoin Central Bank received a license and BTC has turned into something real as compared to its previous status of an abstract digital currency
2013
April, the biggest fall in the BTC rate has occurred - by 80% in 24 hours
November, for the first time the price of BTC exceeded the price of gold
2014
January, the first secure depository of bitcoins, Elliptic Vault, was opened in London
December, the bitcoin rate reached $310. 2014 can be considered as "stabilizing" for bitcoin, which was a sign of the currency strengthening
2015
October, BTC price exceeded $500 – a favorable moment for the digital currencies development history
2016
Since early 2016, Bitcoin has increased in value by approximately 120%, BTC exchange rate fluctuated between $350-400
By mid-June, the BTC rate has doubled and reached $ 720
December, an incredible breakthrough, the cost of BTC grew by $ 200 per month, and market capitalization exceeded $ 15 billion