Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency

By makailirobinson

  • Bitcoin was created.

    Bitcoin was created.
    Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin in late 2008.
    (picture is not of Nakamoto but of co-creater)

  • Satoshi Nakamoto is found out to be an alias.

    Satoshi Nakamoto is found out to be an alias.
    The actual founder of Bitcoin is still unknown to this day.

  • Litecoin was created.

    Litecoin was created.
    Charlie Lee was the main creater.

  • Ethereum, a new cryptocurrency comes out.

    Ethereum, a new cryptocurrency comes out.
    Vitalik Buterin, Mihal Alisie, Anthony Di Iorio, and Charles Hoskinson were the core creaters.

  • Bitcoin's worth starts going up.

    Bitcoin's worth starts going up.
    Up from its previous worth of $395 US Dollars per bitcoin in late 2015, in mid 2016 the price grew to $3,456 US Dollars.

  • Bitcoin reaches it's all time high.

    Bitcoin reaches it's all time high.
    As of December 15, 2017, a single bitcoin was worth $17,900 US Dollars.

  • Bitcoin worth starts to decline.

    Bitcoin worth starts to decline.
    After they reached their all time high, Bitcoin was hacked and caused the prices to go way down. After December 15, the price went down to $13,400 US Dollars. As of today (Jan 29), a single bitcoin is worth $11,154.23 US Dollars.