= History of Bitcoin
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* 2008-08-18: <bitcoin.org> registered
* 2008-10-31: first public announcement at https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-October/014810.html by <satoshi@vistomail.com>
* 2009-01-03: <Genesis block> mined
* 2009-01-11: <First block not mined by Satoshi>
* 2009-01-12: <First Bitcoin transactoin>
* 2010-05-18: the first of <Laszlo's pizzas> at about \$0.0045 / <BTC>
* 2010-07-17: first trade happes on <Mt. Gox> at \$0.04951 / <BTC>: https://cryptopotato.com/10-years-ago-first-bitcoin-trade-on-mt-gox-for-0-05-per-btc/
* 2014: <OP_RETURN> goes live