2011
2011
| Bitcoin year | 3 |
| First block | 100410 |
| Blocks solved | 59,626 |
| Initial supply | 5,020,450 BTC |
| Bitcoins mined | 2,981,300 BTC |
| Difficulty | 14,484 — 1,159,929 |
| Opening price | $0.30 USD |
| Highest price | $31.91 USD |
| Lowest price | $0.29 USD |
| Closing price | $4.70 USD |
| Market cap |  $23.6 million USD |
| Block value | $235.00 USD |
| Block reward | 50 BTC |
2011 was the third year since the launch of Bitcoin. Dollar parity was achieved as Satoshi Nakamoto departed.
Events
January
- 02 – Luke Dashjr standardizes Tonal Bitcoin.
- 08 – Bitcoin Pooled Mining reaches 10 Ghash/s.
- 28 – Block 105000 is mined, meaning the supply of bitcoins reaches 25% of its target.
February
- 09 – Bitcoin achieves dollar parity. 1 bitcoin trades for 1 US dollar on Mt. Gox.[1]
- 10 – News of dollar parity attracts significant attention; bitcoin.org struggles to handle the traffic.[2]
- 14 – For the first time, a vehicle is offered for a sum of bitcoins. It was a 1984 Celica Supra for 3000 BTC.[3] A buyer was never found.
March
- 01 – Jed McCaleb sells Mt. Gox to Mark Karpelès.
- 06 – The network hashrate briefly doubles.[4]
References
- ↑ Online-Only Currency BitCoin Reaches Dollar Parity
- ↑ BitcoinTalk thread 3444. HUGE spike in Google trends 2011-02-13.
- ↑ BitcoinTalk thread 3485. Car for Sale - Australia 2011-02-14.
- ↑ [1]
