2011

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Years: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2011
Bitcoin year3
First block100410
Blocks solved59,626
Initial supply5,020,450 BTC
Bitcoins mined2,981,300 BTC
Difficulty14,484 — 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 reward50 BTC

2011 was the third year since the launch of Bitcoin. Dollar parity was achieved as Satoshi Nakamoto departed.

Events

January

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

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