Bitcoin Firsts

First examples of bitcoins being accepted for various goods and services and other notable first occurances. See discussion for more regarding what is suitable here.

ISO Date	Link	notes
2010-05-17	Pizza	First recorded purchase of a good (pizza). Cost 10,000 BTC.
2011-03-21	Road trip	Plato travels using only Bitcoin to survive.
2011-01-06	Mobile marketing gig	Guy pays random guy for work performed (holding a sign on a busy intersection).
2011-05-09	Bitbills	Physical incarnation of bitcoins.
2011-05-12	Room for rent
2011-05-17	Tipped a stripper Bitcoins
2011-05-27	Buying aircraft for BTC
2011-06-01	SF Chiropractor accepts BTC for office visits
2011-06-04	Beach Condo and House	Offered within hours of each other.
2011-10-30	Mining at 18,000 feet	Guy mines Bitcoin on an in-flight airplane using wifi. Unknown if any Bitcoins were actually created in flight.
2011-12-19	CBS' "THE GOOD WIFE" episode	TV story based on Bitcoin
2012-02-16	Auto title loan for bitcoins requested
2012-03-24	Property management accept bitcons for rent	Over 100 commercial and residential properties
2012-03-27	Coineer - The Bitcoin Magazine available in print	The World's first printed Bitcoin magazine is announced and then followed by photos
2012-03-28	Amateur Adult Entertainers use Bitcoin for tips
2012-03-29	Bitcoin-only Credit Default Swap (CDS)
2012-04-19	US Based exchange gets Federally licensed as a MSB	source
2012-04-20	Bitcoinica.com gets licensed as a MSB
2012-04-25	Music album sold for bitcoins exclusively	Before sold on iTunes
2012-04-26	WebCam site to accept Bitcoins	Bitcoins accepted as an alternative payment. Entertainer payouts are not in Bitcoin.
2012-04-29	Bitcoin only live webcam site	Bitcoin tips go directly to entertainers. Site operates on tips. Only accepts bitcoin.
2012-05-01	Bitcoin Magazine	Press release as first issue goes to print
2012-05-01	Race horse named after Satoshi	http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2012/04/bitcoin-horse-to-run-first-race-on-may.html
2012-05-09	Discussion of Leaked FBI Report on Bitcoin- April 2012	Formal risk assessment by a government agency.
2012-05-09	Sold San Francisco Bridge	Another traditional first for a new currency. (likely not authentic)
2012-05-18	Bitcoin taught in a public school	4th grade class
2012-06-06	Bitcoin donations contribute to successful anti-corrupt local government political campaign.	Travis Kiger, running against a Fullerton City counsel that turned a blind eye to the death of Kelly Thomas at the hands of their local police department, promoted the use of Bitcoin to fund his campaign and won the councel seat for his district.

See Also

• History