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This wiki and several other Bitcoin-related websites are blocked by and throughout Russia.
CEX.IO (logo pictured) discontinues cloud mining services as a result of a significant correction in the price of Bitcoin.
Bitstamp is hacked, resulting in the theft of 19,000 bitcoins and a temporary halt in trading.
Microsoft begins accepting Bitcoin as a direct means of payment for digital goods through BitPay.
The United States Marshals Service auctions 50,000 bitcoins seized from Dread Pirate Roberts by the FBI.
The network mining difficulty decreases for the first time since the original utilization of ASICs for mining.

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+*[[Bitcoin.it Wiki|This wiki]] and several other Bitcoin-related websites are blocked by and throughout Russia.
 *[[CEX.IO]] ''(logo pictured)'' discontinues cloud mining services as a result of a significant correction in the price of Bitcoin.
 *[[Bitstamp]] is hacked, resulting in the theft of 19,000 bitcoins and a temporary halt in trading.
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 *The United States Marshals Service '''[[USMS December 2014 auction|auctions]]''' 50,000 bitcoins seized from [[Dread Pirate Roberts]] by the FBI.
 *The network mining [[difficulty]] decreases for the first time since the original utilization of [[Mining#ASIC Mining|ASICs]] for mining.
-*The concept of bitcoin [[tipping]] '''[[Wave of bits|goes viral]]''' on Reddit and Twitter, resulting in exponential growth of the [[ChangeTip]] userbase.