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History of #Blockchain

Although blockchain is a new #technology, it already boasts a rich and interesting history. The following is a brief timeline of some of the most important and notable events in the development of blockchain.

2008
Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym for a person or group, publishes “Bitcoin: A Peer to Peer Electronic Cash System."

2009
The first successful Bitcoin (BTC) transaction occurs between computer scientist Hal Finney and the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto.

2010
Florida-based programmer Laszlo Hanycez completes the first ever purchase using Bitcoin — two Papa John’s pizzas. Hanycez transferred 10,000 BTC’s, worth about $60 at the time. Today it's worth $80 million. 
The market cap of Bitcoin officially exceeds $1 million.

2011
1 BTC = $1USD, giving the cryptocurrency parity with the US dollar.
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wikileaks and other organizations start accepting Bitcoin as donations.

2012
Blockchain and cryptocurrency are mentioned in popular television shows like The Good Wife, injecting blockchain into pop culture.
Bitcoin Magazine launched by early Bitcoin developer Vitalik Buterin.

2013
BTC market cap surpassed $1 billion.
Bitcoin reached $100/BTC for first time.
Buterin publishes “Ethereum Project" paper suggesting that blockchain has other possibilities besides Bitcoin (e.g., smart contracts).

2014
Gaming company Zynga, The D Las Vegas Hotel and Overstock.com all start accepting Bitcoin as payment.
Buterin’s Ethereum Project is crowdfunded via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) raising over $18 million in BTC and opening up new avenues for blockchain.

2015
Number of merchants accepting BTC exceeds 100,000.
NASDAQ and San-Francisco blockchain company Chain team up to test the technology for trading shares in private companies.

2016
Tech giant IBM announces a blockchain strategy for cloud-based business solutions.
Government of Japan recognizes the legitimacy of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

2017
Bitcoin reaches $1,000/BTC for first time.
Cryptocurrency market cap reaches $150 billion.
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he believes in blockchain as a future technology, giving the ledger system a vote-of-confidence from Wall Street.
Bitcoin reaches its all-time high

2018
Facebook commits to starting a blockchain group and also hints at the possibility of creating its own cryptocurrency.
IBM develops a blockchain-based banking platform with large banks like Citi and Barclays signing on.

2019
China’s President Ji Xinping publicly embraces blockchain as China’s central bank announces it is working on its own cryptocurrency
Twitter & Square CEO Jack Dorsey announces that Square will be hiring blockchain engineers to work on the company’s future crypto plans

2020
Bitcoin almost reaches $30,000 by the end of 2020
PayPal announces it will allow users to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies
The Bahamas becomes the world’s first country to launch its central bank digital currency, fittingly known as the “Sand Dollar”

To date, there are roughly 6,700 cryptocurrencies in the world that have a total market cap around $1.6 trillion, with Bitcoin holding a majority of the value. These tokens have become incredibly popular over the last few years, with one Bitcoin equaling $60,000.

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