Bitcoin Artwork
To the Moon
December 17th, 2017
Bitcoin's price briefly reaches a new all-time high of $19,783.06, its first serious moon launch.
Genesis Block
January 3rd, 2009
Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network and block zero at approximately 1:15 p.m. (ET) on a Saturday afternoon.
Bitcoin Whitepaper Day
October 31st, 2008
The Bitcoin Whitepaper, the original thesis paper written under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto on October 31, 2008 that set the basic structure of the Bitcoin network.
Bitconnect!!!
November 15th, 2016
During an annual event for Bitconnect, a lending and exchange platform that was long suspected by many of being a Ponzi scheme, an investor named Carlos Matos gave an exuberant presentation and testimonial about the website, which included him intensely screaming "Bitconnect!!" several times and the scene quickly became an Internet meme.
HODL Day!
December 18th, 2013
On this day in 2013 a very drunk user on the bicointalk.org forums decided, against his better judgment, to make a post about why he wasn’t selling despite the falling price…the rest is history.
The Halvening
2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
After the network mines 210,000 blocks—roughly every four years—the block reward given to Bitcoin miners for processing transactions is cut in half. This event is called “The Halvening” because it cuts the rate at which new bitcoins are released into circulation in half.
“Bitcoin”
Captain youth
Lyric excerpts from a song about Bitcoin in 2021
This is Gentlemen!
November 11th, 2014
On this day in 2014, an overexcited Reddit user accidentally missed a word and unknowingly earned their place in the bizarre and hilarious history of Bitcoin culture.
Bitcoin Pizza Day
May 22nd, 2010
The first real world purchase in bitcoin was done by Lazlo Hanyecz in the amount of 10,000 bitcoins for 2 supreme pizzas.
