Whitepaper published.
Satoshi Nakamoto releases Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.
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Bitcoin history, simply ordered.
Major events that help readers understand how Bitcoin moved from an idea to a global monetary network.
Genesis block.
The first Bitcoin block is mined on January 3, 2009.
Read Chapter 1First halving.
The block subsidy falls from 50 BTC to 25 BTC.
Halving guideSecond halving.
The subsidy falls from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC.
Live dataSegWit activates.
Segregated Witness changes transaction structure and supports scaling improvements.
Developer sourcesThird halving and public company adoption.
The subsidy falls to 6.25 BTC and public company treasury interest grows.
Company researchTaproot activates.
Taproot improves scripting flexibility and privacy for certain spending conditions.
Developer sourcesSpot ETFs and fourth halving.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs begin trading and the subsidy falls to 3.125 BTC.
ETF explainer