👉🚀The birth of Bitcoin (BTC) and its price history is a fascinating journey from obscurity to becoming the most valuable cryptocurrency in the world. Below is a detailed timeline of Bitcoin's key events and price milestones.🚀♏
👉Bitcoin’s Birth (2008-2009)
👉October 31, 2008 – The Whitepaper
👉Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonymous creator) publishes the Bitcoin whitepaper, titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System."♏
👉January 3, 2009 – Genesis Block Mined
The first Bitcoin block (Block 0) is mined by Satoshi, embedding the message:🚀♏
👉*"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks."🚀*
👉January 12, 2009 – First Bitcoin Transaction
Satoshi sends 10 BTC to Hal Finney (early developer) in the first-ever Bitcoin transfer🚀.
👉October 5, 2009 – First Bitcoin Exchange Rate
👉1 BTC = $0.00099 (New Liberty Standard exchange rate based on electricity cost)🎊.
👉🚀Early Years (2010-2012) – From Pennies to Dollars
👉May 22, 2010 – Bitcoin Pizza Day♏✅
👉Laszlo Hanyecz buys 2 pizzas for 10,000 BTC (worth ~41then, 41then, 600M+ today).
Price: ~$0.0041/BTC
👉July 2010 – BTC Hits $0.08
🚀Bitcoin’s price rises 900% in 5 days after being listed on Mt. Gox.♏🚀
👉February 2011 – BTC Reaches $1 (Parity with USD)🚀.
👉🚀June 2011 – First Bubble & Crash
🚀BTC hits 31∗∗,thencrashesto∗∗31∗∗,thencrashesto∗∗2 after Mt. Gox hack🚀.
Cycles of Boom & Bust (2013-2017)✅
👉2013: The First Major Bull Run
👉April 2013 – BTC crosses $100.
November 2013 – Reaches **1,242∗∗(thencrashesto 1,242∗∗(thencrashesto 600)✅.
2014-2015: Bear Market
👉Mt. Gox Hack (Feb 2014) – 850,000 BTC stolen. Price drops to $200.
2017: The ICO Boom & All-Time High
👉March 2017 – BTC surpasses gold (~$1,300).
👉December 17, 2017 – BTC hits $19,783 (first major ATH).♏
December 2018 – Crashes to $3,200 (bear market).
Institutional Adoption (2020-2021)
🚀2020: COVID Crash & Recovery
March 2020 – BTC drops to $3,850 (COVID panic).♏
👉December 2020 – $29,000 (institutional buying, PayPal adoption).
👉2021: The Mega Bull Run
🚀April 2021 – $64,863 (Coinbase IPO, Tesla buys BTC)♏.
🚀November 10, 2021 – All-Time High: $69,044 (ETF hype, institutional FOMO).
🚀👉December 2021 – Crashes to $46,000 (China crackdown, Fed rate fears).♏
2022-2024: The Crypto Winter & Recovery
2022: The FTX Collapse & Bear Market
June 2022 – BTC drops to $17,600 (Luna crash, Fed rate hikes).
👉November 2022 – $15,476 (FTX bankruptcy).♏
👉2023-2024: Recovery & New ATH
January 2024 – Spot Bitcoin ETFs approved (BlackRock, Fidelity)♏✅.
👉March 2024 – New ATH: $73,750 (ETF inflows, halving anticipation).
👉April 2024 – Post-halving correction to $56,500.
👉Bitcoin Halvings (Key Supply Events)
👉YearBlock Reward BeforeBlock Reward AfterPrice BeforePrice 1 Year Later201250 BTC → 25 BTC12→∗∗12→∗∗1,100**201625 👉👉BTC → 12.5 BTC650→∗∗650→∗∗2,500**202012.5 BTC → 6.25 BTC8,600→∗∗8,600→∗∗58,000**20246.25 BTC → 3.125 BTC$70,000 → ?
👉Bitcoin’s Price History Summary (2009-2024)
👉YearPrice (Start)Price (End)Key Event2009$0.00099~$0.001Genesis Block2010$0.003$0.29Pizza Day2013$13$806First $1K BTC2017$963$13,880ICO Boom2021$29,374$46,200$69K ATH2024$42,200$73,750 (ATH)Spot ETFs♏🚀$BTC
