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 |
| 2012-03-28 | 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 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. |