BitcoinCalendar
Bitcoin Calendar
Follow to have historical Bitcoin and freedom tech events delivered at your digital doorstep. Daily. My Zap signature is 0103⚡️ as a tribute to Bitcoin Genesis block
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Last Notes npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🥶 Celsius Suspends Withdrawals On June 13, 2022, cryptocurrency lender #Celsius suspended withdrawals due to "extreme market conditions". https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/d925ad717d7f981ceb74c11c1524c99a1d469ebba669ac376dc2c85eef1eaa20.webp https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748778053.817523/index.html#content.html npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👮♂️ DOJ Confiscates $2.3M in Bitcoin On June 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (#DOJ) confiscated 63.7 #bitcoin, valued at approximately $2.3 million at the time. The funds were seized from the ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co. to hackers who carried out the largest cyberattack in US history. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/3064b88b485e38ab096d23ba5bf329f54afb3b7d3fcb86ec04be0952332a814f.webp https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748776810.317219/index.html npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Historical database of events is populated and pushed to GitHub 👨💻 Of course, I already have a couple dozen more events I want to add, but there’s time for everything. I am now doing a lot of under the hood work expanding the database with the contents of our archive. Big updates coming next week 🤞 Stay tuned and don’t forget to support the project ⚡️ https://github.com/Bitcoin-Calendar/calendar-api-db https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/public/ https://bitcoin-calendar.org/support/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 💇♂️ Shave and a Haircut Parity On June 6, 2011, Hal Finney noted that #bitcoin had reached "shave and a haircut parity". 1 BTC = $16.70 https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/8db0d250d06896954d30e637830e7ff15ba311d7d9bde704cf3192ad2b26ce6a.webp https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748730469.986982/index.html npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👮♂️ Bitcoin Helps Fight Police Brutality On June 6, 2012, Travis Kiger secured the recall of three Fullerton city council members and charges against two police officers who beat homeless man Kelly Thomas to death. This story is interesting because #bitcoin played a significant role in Travis's fight against corruption and police brutality – the libertarian Republican's campaign was partially sponsored by bitcointalk forum members. It is also interesting that Kiger saved the coins collected in spring 2012 to later sell them at the peak of the 2013 cycle. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/65a9c40dca3454ddc5af55b8bf96041551cd1dce9313c396b6b6964932b55d31.webp https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748757474.946619/index.html https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748757557.042194/index.html npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🥷 PGP Release On June 5, 1991, Philip Zimmermann sent the first release of #PGP to several friends for them to upload to the Internet. Soon after PGP 2.0's release, U.S. Customs became interested. Little did they know that they would thus contribute to PGP's growing popularity, helping to ignite a controversy that would ultimately lead to the lifting of restrictions on the export of strong cryptography from the US. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/b73de98dbea607f2cefd2f8bf935af29d7f9611608dc0a6b7fe871e9fa4756ee.webp - https://web.archive.org/web/20221128003420/https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/news/PGP_10thAnniversary.html npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🏠 First Real Estate Property for Bitcoin On June 5, 2011, the first advertisement for real estate for sale in #bitcoin appeared. The property was an apartment in a high-rise building on a beach near Tokyo. The seller wanted 3,500 BTC, which at the time was equivalent to $60,000. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/9f5caf558351df037a184704f52945510d0b51a64bff7bb47c67a732f15ebe74.webp - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=12185.0 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👀 #nevent1q…zydk npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar No, “After completing his revenge and destroying 13 buildings, the man committed suicide and became the sole fatality of the event.” npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🚜 Killdozer Day On June 4, 2004, Marvin Heemeyer armored his bulldozer and went on a rampage, destroying the property of local authorities and oligarchs in retaliation for property unlawfully taken from him – he fought to save his business in court but could not defeat the officials by their rules. Police fired over 200 bullets at the bulldozer but could not stop Marvin. After completing his revenge and destroying 13 buildings, the man committed suicide and became the sole fatality of the event. A victim of state tyranny. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/b05e6f4952e8d328c657f8915c0da7b56ed489fd540fcbbc6bd56336fbe2fa54.webp npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🗣️ Hal Finney on Bitcoin and the Lindy Effect On June 4, 2011, Hal Finney highlighted an interesting pattern of Bitcoin in response to a forum user's doubts regarding #bitcoin future price growth. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/7eab21d26565c290171f5c0251dfee4a0f7293ebcdae7cff4adb5df2000b2df2.webp - https://web.archive.org/web/20240224094637/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=11765.msg169026#msg169026 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🥷 Snowden Pays for Servers with Bitcoin In June 2013, Edward Snowden used #bitcoin to pay for servers onto which he later uploaded 200,000 documents exposing the US government's surveillance of its own citizens. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/835b338b059f188068d5bdccb75d2d91a058d08da66abf42c96d8571f8f7c88c.mp4 - https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748763422.302904/index.html#archive_dot_org npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👨⚖️ SEC Charges Erik Voorhees for Unlawful Sale of Bitcoin Company Shares On June 3, 2014, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (#SEC) charged Erik Voorhees, co-owner of two #Bitcoin websites, for publicly offering shares of his ventures without registration. One of the websites was #SatoshiDice. The profits Voorhees generated from these offerings amounted to over $15,000. Voorhees agreed to settle the charges by disgorging full profits of $15,843 and paying a civil penalty of $35,000. nevent1qqs2pvuannr6xc0eg73282duup38xc0ru5g9zlm5gqr6zytzuzr4taqpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcl9fvld https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/24898c727541720439de2124c2351ffa2e76a060957799984e61415a1b336016.webp - https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748764790.593137/index.html#archive_dot_org npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On June 3, 2021, the investment director of French asset management firm Amundi stated that #Bitcoin was a farce, adding that governments and regulators would eventually stop the music. 1 BTC = $39,364 https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/44fca2062bfb10435baea6ccf5b25aa9f1b21753b7ac320894b3dad3b0505d53.webp - https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748776534.814252/index.html#original npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar lol. Gotta find the original npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🚀 Bitcoin Reaches $10 On June 2, 2011, #bitcoin exchange rate on #MtGox reached $10 per #BTC. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/e021a67209b3e6e90caf242327910999245ca7dc545325dcc2a0145b97000976.gif npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar ⛽️ Gas for Bitcoin On June 2, 2011, a bitcoiner nicknamed PLATO, traversing the USA from east to west using only #bitcoin, paid for gasoline by sending 0.75 BTC to a community member who, in turn, spent "dirty fiat" to fuel the bitcoiner's car. mybitcoin.com was used to facilitate the exchange. 1 BTC = $10 note12sr0nc3u9fhhkry4u5v77q2ejh5p98scgavu5y5mg0g3w4v6h7zqurk8kg https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/6e1371644e34bd428c4d3baf4244187dbe5ed1ab8459839b97500bed52c5d28f.mp4 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Is this a yearly set thing or the dates float? I’d add it to my historical Bitcoin events database. npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Another big update to Bitcoin Calendar 👨💻 Now ArchiveBox is spinning on my server holding all related archives of sources, used by the project 🗃️ You can also browse all the web archives (still being populated, but already holds 300+ historical pages and docs) by visiting our archive directly 👇 https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/ FOSS FTW 💜 #nevent1q…ml2e npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 💆♂️ First Chiropractor Starts Accepting Bitcoin On June 1, 2011, the first chiropractor began accepting #bitcoin for their services. The cost of a session at that time was 5 BTC. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/0c7198bc71c68f490c4f8ead45150725f2b0d09e288541b9373a385e76ac08f2.webp - https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748717483.229121/index.html# - https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748717789.809141/bitcointalk.org/index.php@topic=11178.0.html npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 📝 Gawker Article on Bitcoin, Silk Road, and Mt. Gox On June 1, 2011, Adrian Chen's Gawker article, titled "The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable", focusing on #SilkRoad and #Bitcoin, was published. Thanks to a link to #MtGox within the article, excitement around Bitcoin sharply increased, and the price surged. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/c8676add71d2d86dfa8d0720ea6d53ba8cb48c89764ff9186dc4f9e5df246e97.webp - https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/archive/1748720655.779005/index.html# npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar nevent1qqsptwvv4qpurnx0lzlef2zplf9m7k3ay4kdt39j3dzual3tm2fscfcpupmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhj2v3swaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxumm5daeks6fwwa5kute9xgc8wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9ujnyvrhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekjctdwd68ytnrdakj7ffjxpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuvrcvd5xzapwvdhk6te9xgc8wumn8ghj7mnxwfjkccte9eshqup0y5erqamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7tjwvhxumm5daeks6fwwa5kute9xgc8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwv4u8getj0ghxxmmd9ujnyvrhwden5te0vejkuunfwgkhxtnwda6x7umgdyh8w6twwzdspe npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Today I focused on the “Archiving” part of Bitcoin Calendar’s promise. 📦 ArchiveBox - a self hosted web page archiving tool - is now up and running on the project’s VPS. Now I’ll be able to migrate all the events’ reference links to point to Bitcoin Calendars own web archive. This will greatly improve UX and allow visitors to browse all relevant archived links. Lots of benefits are also on the horizon for future development. The work goes on 🫡 You can have a sneak peek at freshly set up Bitcoin Calendar archive below 👇 https://archive.bitcoin-calendar.org/ https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/ee9c1c96b8759b227dfe6b27ef2d98e0c6f95fab7a9de2daf98c440979e3cd51.png npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Running @nprofile…0pev npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 💬️ Hal Finney on Bitcoin 2.0 On May 30, 2011, Hal Finney explained why relaunching Bitcoin for a "fair distribution" of coins was a bad idea. https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/8bb0cc04183a5218ff49f66857f58761b7a170148e3acd85f8887a19c835c637.webp - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=10666.msg152988#msg152988 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👨💻 Big update Excited to announce a big update to @nprofile…38ws project. Bitcoin Calendar migrated to SQLite databse, which now allows to query events by tag, date, range, and so on. The project also now supports API calls (for inter-app communications for now), external API calls will become available in Q3. Next step – setting up own web archive to ensure no Bitcoin historical reference is ever lost. See additional info and support the project at bitcoin-calendar.org https://bitcoin-calendar.org/ https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/3feca195e808558617e7d3a6dbaf4f42b0ded77dc1ead229feb3fb097d79e049.webp npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On May 29, 2011, NY Times published an article by Richard Beales, in which he labeled #Bitcoin "A bubble that bursts when the abstract intellectual appeal fades would probably doom the otherwise creative idea.". 1BTC = $9 - https://web.archive.org/web/20110602031111/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/business/economy/30views.html npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👨⚖️ Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Double Life + 40 Years On May 29, 2015, Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to double life imprisonment plus 40 years without the possibility of parole. Ross was also ordered to pay approximately $183 million in restitution based on the total sales of illegal drugs and 2 fake IDs through #SilkRoad. https://i.nostr.build/Q75iY3yZpOAUIEx3.png - https://web.archive.org/web/20240403111610/https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ross-ulbricht-aka-dread-pirate-roberts-sentenced-life-federal-prison-creating npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar The beauty of automation 💜 https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/ba756e66e4f9a15dd4464de6983a97bcb689b56ebedf36f8b9187a341513ffa8.png npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🗣️ Nick Szabo on Bitcoin On May 28, 2011, Bit gold author Nick Szabo commented on #Bitcoin in his blog: "Nakamoto improved a significant security shortcoming that my design had, namely by requiring a proof-of-work to be a node in the Byzantine-resilient peer-to-peer system to lessen the threat of an untrustworthy party controlling the majority of nodes and thus corrupting a number of important security features. Yet another feature obvious in hindsight, quite non-obvious in foresight." https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2011/05/bitcoin-what-took-ye-so-long.html Read more about Szabo and Bit gold on 21ideas: https://21ideas.org/en/gf/genesis-4/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Quoted is the first automatic post, where note is fetched from a database via API 😎 I need a couple more days to polish everything, but it works 🎉 This means that quite soon Bitcoin Calendar will handle API calls, allowing everyone to have direct access to historical #Bitcoin events alongside media and web archive sources. The work goes on 🫡 Support the project at bitcoin-calendar.org ⚡️ https://bitcoin-calendar.org/support/ #nevent1q…4h3y npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 💸 First eCash Payment On May 27, 1994, at the first World Wide Web conference in Geneva, David Chaum made the first payment using electronic cash and computer networks. [cite: 20] 🗃️: Media: https://i.nostr.build/nU1QMHz5SHHg9RnS.png References:- https://chaum.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/05-27-94-World_s-first-electronic-cash-payment-over-computer-networks.pdf npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🇮🇷 Iran Bans Bitcoin Mining On May 26, 2021, Iranian authorities banned #bitcoin #mining. The decision was likely caused by frequent power blackouts in the country and, according to the president, a high percentage of unlicensed miners. https://i.nostr.build/9z5EA.webp https://web.archive.org/web/20231201184137/https://decrypt.co/71957/iran-bans-bitcoin-mining-avoid-summer-power-blackouts npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 📈 First Bitcoin Chart The first known Bitcoin chart. May 2010. 1 BTC = $0.03. https://i.nostr.build/HM7VA2wOaVRAvA1c.png npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Updated the Calendar to display February 2, 2023 as nostr.wine’s - the most established paid Nostr relay - birthday 🫡 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🤡 Faketoshi Day May 25, 2020, marks the ignominious failure of Craig Steven Wright, the infamous liar and impersonator of Satoshi Nakamoto (often referred to as #Faketoshi). On May 25, 2020, owners of coins mined just 37 days after the genesis block signed a message with 145 private keys stating: "Craig Steven Wright is a liar and a fraud". 1 https://i.nostr.build/tR8x6lTcWQNBBF8M.png https://web.archive.org/web/20200526120251/https://paste.debian.net/plain/1148565 Read more about Faketoshi here: https://blog.bitmex.com/the-blocksize-war-chapter-9-faketoshi/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 💊 Ray Dalio Holds Bitcoin On May 24, 2021, at the Consensus 2021 conference, Ray Dalio revealed that he was a #bitcoin holder. https://i.nostr.build/vuW8rmdsDbhNdGP6.png https://web.archive.org/web/20231001192924/https://www.theblock.co/linked/105877/ray-dalio-confirms-btc-holdings-says-bitcoins-greatest-risk-is-its-success npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar If only there was a way to fight it in an elegant and efficient way. Oh, wait, it’s been there since 1997. nevent1qqstue74j583z2ywj65aqspfshxyqg0y2c3vy9mmsxxdfrzf2haj4ngpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduxcat0e npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Self hosting media in a Nostr-native way is harder than it seems. Today I logged into Blossom Drive - the web UI to interact with Blossom server by @nprofile…48ut to see most of my media uploads vanish from my media folder. Luckily it was just the preview functionality that went missing, not the blobs themselves. Another GUI I use is bouquet by @nprofile…g85r , but it struggled to display uploaded mp4 files (specifically the GUI preview). The cool (but obviously way less visual and intuitive way) thing is that I can still browse blobs. So as I uploaded a video file I took the blob, added .mp4 at the end of the link and voila, the file can now be shared and it supports preview functionality. I guess the moral of my story is twofold: 1. We are so early 2. Self sovereignty is hard to reach, but possible. You just need to really want to do it. https://blossom.hzrd149.com https://bouquet.slidestr.net nevent1qqsw5yukahfpwfc04eca8twlp0ezv9mw6qxvhf7mr8pmpltrh3a6nhqppemhxue69uh5qmn0wvhxcmmvnxmzmp npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Wonder if you received my humble contribution - sent 2100 sats using @nprofile…7f7e , but the #zap is not visible any more 😞 https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/ba7d83d0aa40954dd6f6df5b10055727fc6c333226e91c9e5dbbb09cef2e0ddb.jpeg npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar He is using a different account trying to lay low 😂 nevent1qqsyy7cchx0hkddc69ksq5d4ftlvczgwl0lxpfenvkzuj28z82wa82qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgchuy8k npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Just finished working on another important step of the Bitcoin Calendar project development: Bitcoin Calendar Bot is now available as a docker container. This will ensure smooth development of the project moving forward as the final app will include multiple moving parts - from the Nostr Bot itself to a self-hosted archive, website, API endpoints and more. To find out more and support the project please follow the links below. https://github.com/Bitcoin-Calendar/calendar-bot https://bitcoin-calendar.org https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/4c7f2fecfa359e28941a006e3270b72f4299d6c15fea1196eea896a492703678.png https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/0de07e2ea37fcb328a71757a67d74b752cce2ef0198bb357c69bb0665c078263.png npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🏙️ New York Disagreement Day The Bitcoin scaling agreement, better known as the "New York Agreement", jointly proposed by over 50 companies at the Consensus 2017 conference, added fuel to the "block size war" in 2017. The New York Agreement was intended to end the long-standing debate about #Bitcoin #scaling by increasing block capacity through the activation of Segregated Witness and doubling the block size (i.e., SegWit2X). Read more about these events in Jonathan Bier's book: https://blog.bitmex.com/the-blocksize-war-chapter-18-new-york-agreement/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🍕 Bitcoin Pizza Day On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz made the first purchase of a physical item using #Bitcoin, buying two pizzas from Jeremy Sturdivant for 10,000 bitcoins. At the time of the transaction, 10,000 bitcoins were valued at $41. Don't forget to celebrate today's holiday with a slice of #pizza! https://i.nostr.build/vRe0hcRJsMmOQxff.png https://web.archive.org/web/20130526012708/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.msg1195#msg1195 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar That’s exactly what someone trying to hide his real identity would say 😅 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🇨🇳 China Bans Bitcoin Mining On May 21, 2021, the Chinese government banned #Bitcoin #mining and #trading. 1 BTC = $29,000 https://i.nostr.build/ya0oggNNzcaJRGXw.png https://web.archive.org/web/20230327145941/http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2021-05/21/content_5610192.htm npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On May 21, 2013, "OUI Share" magazine published an article suggesting that, according to prominent economists, the end of #Bitcoin was near and it would soon be replaced by a better "human-based digital currency" (whatever that means). 1 BTC = $122.30 https://i.nostr.build/oTyAc8zeGz2Hl1BQ.png https://web.archive.org/web/20130713082531/https://www.ouishare.net/2013/05/bitcoin-human-based-digital-currency npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar A dark piece of Bitcoin history bookmarked. npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar I got one too 🫂 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar NGMI npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Welcome to Nostr npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Hey @nprofile…y6xd , did you know that the venue where @nprofile…8ht3 gave a talk to a couple dozen residents of Hawaii on encryption and how to use Internet anonymously, just 6 months before he shared the docs on NSA surveillance with the world, was called “Fishcake”? https://haven.bitcoin-calendar.org/cc1a139480782c7c4c88db26bb6fdf53a51f5866f7802bc5e53f8b83fa7ed389.webp npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🍕 Laszlo Hanyecz Offers 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 Pizzas On May 18, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz posted on bitcointalk offering 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas. https://i.nostr.build/YilQlqmuwNLm31mu.png https://web.archive.org/web/20120328155525/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 💃 First Bitcoin Tip for Striptease On May 17, 2011, the first stripper received a tip in Bitcoin. https://i.nostr.build/UjyVbwTBZpAfjE5o.png npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Excited to announce that Bitcoin Calendar project now runs its own Haven Relay and Blossom Server. This is a huge step towards the project's sovereignty! Now Bitcoin Calendar depends even less on third party services, while benefitting from the features built into Haven stack – such as Blastr – and offered by other Nostr tools, such as Primal's Media Mirrors. Thank you to those who supported the project so far and please consider supporting and sharing if you haven't yet 🙏 All project info can be found at https://bitcoin-calendar.org Huge shoutout and eternal gratitude to @nprofile…uawc for Haven 💜 See the first media hosted by Bitcoin Calendar below 👇 https://haven-bitcal.21ideas.org/35285ac0ca9cbf8b862ae324cab144c3d6be8e2cbe37194b59a2efd02fcf0343.png npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🌗 Third Bitcoin Halving On May 11, 2020, the third Bitcoin halving occurred. As a result, the block reward decreased from 12.5 to 6.25 BTC. https://mempool.space/block/000000000000000000024bead8df69990852c202db0e0097c1a12ea637d7e96d npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👽 First Mention of Bitcoin on Reddit On May 8, 2009, #Bitcoin was mentioned on #Reddit for the first time. https://np.reddit.com/r/business/comments/8itlf/bitcoin_a_peertopeer_network_based_anonymous/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar ✅ US Allows Export of Encryption Software On May 8, 1995, the Department of Commerce permitted the export of previously prohibited data #encryption #software. https://i.nostr.build/B0La9otktaTDu5c1.png https://web.archive.org/web/20150526142516/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/08/business/information-technology-export-approved-for-software-to-aid-commerce-on-internet.html npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar ⛏️ Mining Difficulty Surpasses 100,000 On April 30, 2011, #Bitcoin mining difficulty crossed 100,000 for the first time. 1 BTC = $2.88 More about difficulty adjustment: https://21ideas.org/en/difficulty/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🤑 1000 BTC for $3 Screenshot of the Bitcoin Market exchange from April 25, 2010. 1000 BTC = $3 https://i.nostr.build/9zejz.jpg npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🚀 Bitcoin market cap hits $10M On April 23, 2011, the total value of all #bitcoin in circulation hit the $10 million mark. 1 BTC = $1.41 https://i.nostr.build/LeVdW.gif npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🗣️ Adam Back's Quote On April 21, 2013, Adam Back shared his thoughts on Satoshi’s genius. https://i.nostr.build/lLKKw.png https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=182252.msg1906692#msg1906692 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🥷 Bitcoin Central Hacked On April 20, 2013, the European exchange Bitcoin Central was hacked, resulting in the loss of "several hundred bitcoins." The platform’s owners covered the losses out of pocket. 1 BTC = $118.48 https://web.archive.org/web/20211124022124/https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2013/04/29/hackers-hit-bitcoin-central-exchange/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar https://m.primal.net/QUkT.jpg npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Hey #Nostr, quick question: what do you think of the timing of posts? I’m trying to find a sweet spot for posts appear at a reasonable time both for people in Europe and Americas. Should I adjust the timing? Please leave a comment below. Zaps are ready to be deployed for most constructive suggestions ⚡️ #asknostr npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On April 7, 2015, the director of Bitreserve predicted in an interview that Bitcoin would be gone within five years. 1 BTC = $223 https://i.nostr.build/WGDBk.png https://web.archive.org/web/20231003005130/https://www.coinfox.info/news/persons/1791-bitreserve-s-new-coo-bitcoin-will-go-away-in-5-years/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar ✍️ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🎓 One of the First Bitcoin Conferences On April 6, 2011, bitcoiner Genjix spoke at the EPCA #Bitcoin conference in Amsterdam, addressing an audience primarily composed of 50+ year old bankers. https://i.nostr.build/roqwV.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20110409080100/http://www.dyndy.net/2011/04/bitcoin-presented-to-the-old-world/=20240405T205959Z npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🇵🇱 Launch of BitMarket.eu On April 5, 2011, BitMarket.eu was launched—the first platform for exchanging #bitcoin for Polish złoty. https://i.nostr.build/8IAnxeFV6EGjgwhj.png https://web.archive.org/web/20110720154216/https://bitmarket.eu/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar nevent1qqsgu3swgj8numm2pwxjrekdxnqfznks4dr2svnsp58xzy2ulkknaxqpzfmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82csfpu5hu npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20150410164144/http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/m/profile?screenName=0ye0gncqg772o npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🥳 Satoshi's Birthday On this day, we celebrate Satoshi's birthday. April 5, 1975, was the birthdate Satoshi provided when registering on the P2P Foundation. The date holds symbolic meaning — April 5th coincides with the date of issuance of Executive Order 6102, which banned private ownership of gold, while 1975 marks the year the order was repealed. 🔗: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/profile/SatoshiNakamoto npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar ✍️ Executive Order 6102 During the Great Depression, on April 5, 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, effectively confiscating gold bullion and coins from individuals and organizations. On this day, we celebrate the (fictional) birthday of Satoshi (April 5, 1975). The date holds symbolic significance—this order remained in effect until 1975. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Executive_Order_6102.jpg Learn more about the order: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Happy to announce the launch of Bitcoin Calendar Bot v1.0.0 After almost 3 years since Bitcoin Calendar project was born in the Google walled garden, and numerous tries to ensure that historical events are relayed to Nostr in a timely manner, I am happy to announce the launch of the Bitcoin Calendar Bot. Bitcoin Calendar Bot is an open source Go-based application that tracks and posts historical Bitcoin events daily to Nostr. The project is open source – visit our GitHub organization for technical details: https://github.com/Bitcoin-Calendar and dont forget to give us a star 🤗 Non technical users are welcome to visit our website to find out more about the project and see our roadmap: https://bitcoin-calendar.org Support Bitcoin Calendar on @npub1kmw…xqk9 : https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoincalendar Feedback and contributions are very welcome, my DMs are open 💜 Alternatively, you can reach me at my personal nostr account @nprofile…xgwh Please do not forget to follow and share Bitcoin Calendar for daily historical #Bitcoin events 💜 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🌓 Second BCH Halving | April 4, 2024 Bitcoin Cash undergoes its second halving at block #840,000, cutting miner rewards in half. As expected, miners flee, hash rate collapses, and block times drag. Another step on the inevitable path to irrelevance. https://i.nostr.build/mlvqQ.png npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 📚 'Bitcoin and Ocean Thermal Energy' | April 4, 2022 Level39 drops a 'Bitcoin and Ocean Thermal Energy' tweetstorm - a deep dive into how Bitcoin mining could harness the planet's untapped power. 🔗: https://21ideas.org/en/bitcoin-and-oceans/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🪦 Bitcoin Obituary | April 3, 2013 The Guardian publishes an article "Bitcoin is the Harlem Shake of currency". As you might have noticed, it didn't not age well: "Despite the hype, #Bitcoin is used by very few people. It is not a legitimate currency just because it had a bubble" 1 BTC = $115 https://i.nostr.build/ph3R2LR4S9cfacZJ.png https://web.archive.org/web/20131030110314/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/03/bitcoin-currency-bubble-crash-not-rocking-financial-markets npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 📚 Notable Publication On April 3, 2022, Gigi published the article "Inalienable Property Rights: The Law, Language, Money, and Morality of Bitcoin." 🔗: https://21ideas.org/en/inalienable-property-rights/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar ⛏️BitPenny Mining Pool Shutdown On April 3, 2011, the BitPenny mining pool shut down. The pool operator cited "ongoing losses preventing sustainable development" as the reason for closure. In reality, the issue seemed to stem from a poorly designed miner reward system. https://i.nostr.build/BRx5A.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20160328181634/http://bitcoinminer.com/post/4304120696/bitpenny-closes-indefinitely npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Just a follow, brother 🫂 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Never forget! npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🚀 Bitcoin Breaks $100 | April 1, 2013 From cents to dollars, now triple digits—Bitcoin crossed the $100 mark on Mt. Gox and major exchanges, proving it was more than just internet magic money. https://i.nostr.build/6GdmO.jpg npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👨💻 P2SH Goes Live | April 1, 2012 Bitcoin got smarter at block 173805 — P2SH went live. Instead of locking BTC to a single key, it let users send funds to a script hash. The spending rules? Hidden until needed, enabling multisig wallets and more flexible transactions. Find out more about P2SH and other Bitcoin address types: https://21ideas.org/en/bitcoin-address-types/#p2sh Bitcoin Wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Pay_to_script_hash npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 😄 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar One of the biggest fears of many bitcoiners 😵 Adding this nightmare of an event to our open source historical #bitcoin events database. npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🔦 A Message to the ECB: Study Bitcoin | March 31, 2023 Bitcoiners took their message straight to the European Central Bank — projecting 'Study Bitcoin' alongside the ₿ symbol onto its headquarters. https://i.nostr.build/4oeQm.jpg npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🇧🇷 Bitcoin Arrives in Brazil | March 31, 2011 On this day, Bitcoin Brazil launched, becoming the first platform to exchange BTC for Brazilian real. Another step toward global adoption. https://i.nostr.build/jPB4RKGvGq34u0rD.png https://web.archive.org/web/20120118193930/http://www.mercadobitcoin.com.br/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar It’s a shame when such cool historical moments are lost. Hope you find the footage. Maybe @nprofile…svpl can help? npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar They are history now npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👮♂️ Corruption in the Silk Road Case | March 30, 2015 The Bitcoin underworld wasn't just Silk Road—on this day, two DEA agents investigating the case were arrested for stealing Bitcoin. One moved $800,000 in BTC to his personal Mt. Gox account; the other extorted funds while secretly working for a crypto exchange. Force has pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin with Silk Road. He was also accused of secretly working for the CoinMKT exchange, using his DEA authority to remove clients' funds from the exchange and then using a subpoena to payment firm Venmo to try to unfreeze his frozen assets. https://i.nostr.build/TvyRW5SptsuRd72A.png https://archive.ph/OmCBV npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👨💻 Bitcoin v0.6 Arrives | March 30, 2011 Faster sync, QR codes, and wallet backups—Bitcoin v0.6 made running a node easier than ever. The update cut sync time, added message signing, and shrank transactions with compressed keys. 🗃️: https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.6.0 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🥳 Ross Ulbricht's Birthday | March 30, 1984 Ross Ulbricht was born on March 30, 1984. Ross is the founder of the first open online marketplace that supported #bitcoin, Silk Road. This led to him being sentenced to over two life sentences for nonviolent offenses. Read more about Ross - his life, Silk Road, imprisonment and pardon: https://www.change.org/p/clemency-for-ross-ulbricht-condemned-to-die-in-prison-for-an-e-commerce-website npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 📚 'Number Zero and Bitcoin' | March 29, 2020 Robert Breedlove published 'Number Zero and Bitcoin' — a thought-provoking piece linking Bitcoin to the fundamental nature of money, power, and civilization. 🔗: https://21ideas.org/en/number-zero-and-bitcoin/ npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🤑 Bitcoin Hits a Billion | March 28, 2013 For the first time, Bitcoin's market capitalization soared past $1 billion. The world was starting to pay attention—this wasn't just 'magic internet money' anymore. https://i.nostr.build/6GdmO.jpg npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 👨💻 Hashcash: A Glimpse Into Bitcoin's Future | March 28, 1997 Before #Bitcoin, there was #Hashcash. On this day, Adam Back introduced the world to a proof-of-work system designed to fight email spam — never knowing it would later form the backbone of Bitcoin #mining. Thank you, Adam! 🗃️: https://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1997/03/msg00774.html npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🗞️ The First Bitcoin Magazine | March-27-2012 Bitcoin's first print magazine, 'Coineer - The Bitcoin Magazine', launched in Canadian bookstores, later expanding to the U.S. The quarterly publication covered Bitcoin adoption, businesses, and industry developments. https://i.nostr.build/lH6H18mAA66CPU8b.png https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=74346.0 npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🇬🇧 Britcoin: The UK's First Bitcoin Exchange | March 26, 2011 Paving the way for Bitcoin adoption in the UK, Britcoin launched on this day in 2011. It allowed users to trade BTC directly for British pounds — back when Bitcoin was still a niche experiment. https://i.nostr.build/5MbY4MZiQc5JWsG6.png npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar 🦘 DigiCash Debuts in Australia | March 26, 1996 David Chaum's vision of #digital cash crossed oceans. On this day, DigiCash officially launched in Australia, bringing cryptographic payments to the land down under — years before #Bitcoin would perfect the dream. https://i.nostr.build/AaK8q.png https://chaum.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/03-26-96-DigiCash-Opens-for-Business-in-Australia-1.pdf npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar Some non-bitcoin history for you, frens #nevent1q…s2np npub1tcalvjvswjh5rwhr3gywmfjzghthexjpddzvlxre9wxfqz4euqys0309hn BitcoinCalendar That’s kinda the point - this is how traditional media covered a simple story. I should add or even write a detailed one with proper coverage. Thanks for the feedback!