@Vero11 17 November 2022 more from that month

The Birth of Bitcoin: Bitcoin was first bought in 2010 at a price of around $0.06. Yes, that’s right! $0.06 — cheaper than a chocolate bar. So, if you had $20 to invest in Bitcoin in 2010, you could have bought 333 Bitcoins. Those 333 Bitcoins would now be worth over $3.7 Million! I bet you wish you knew how to invest in Bitcoin then, right? 2011: Bitcoin grew steadily in 2010 and started 2011 at a price of around $0.30. Towards the end of 2011, it was worth around $6.10. That’s a total increase of over 2000%! At this time, Bitcoin was being used to buy illegal things online through the “Dark Web”. Note: Bitcoin transactions are anonymous. This allows people to be unknown when paying in Bitcoin. The most common website that was known for selling illegal things online for Bitcoin was “Silk Road”. As you can imagine, “Silk Road” ended badly for its creator. 2013: This was the year of “Bitcoin accepted here”. Businesses started to accept Bitcoin as a payment option and Bitcoin reached a total market cap of $1 billion. By the end of 2013, one Bitcoin was worth around $817! Market Cap: Bitcoin’s market cap is the total price of all Bitcoins added together. 2014: As for the price of Bitcoin, 2014 wasn’t a great year. The price of Bitcoin had dropped to $300 by the end of the year. However, this was the year that Microsoft started to accept Bitcoin payments. You could now use Bitcoin to buy Xbox games, apps and videos from Microsoft. This was a huge step for Bitcoin. 2017: Without a doubt, 2017 was the year that Bitcoin exploded. Wall Street and large investment banks started to invest in Bitcoin. Lots and lots of people started following Bitcoin — it started to be on the news every day. The price of Bitcoin went really high, starting at around $985 and rising to heights of nearly $65,000! To be Continued.