# Last edited on 2015-05-26 00:48:03 by stolfilocal # Events over all time # K = "?" means time not checked - must check and fix. DateTime ! UNC ! ETAG ! HOUR ! K ! DESCR 2011-02-14 00:00:00 | 14 | 11-02-xx | 0 | ? | Silk road launches. [0] 2011-04-15 00:00:00 | 15 | 11-04-xx | 0 | ? | Roger Ver buys 25 k$ of BTC. [0] 2011-06-01 00:00:00 | 0 | 11-06-01 | 0 | ? | Gawker article about Silk Road. [0,2,3] # 2013-01-15 00:00:00 | 15 | 13-01-xx | 0 | ? | Winkevoss, Fortress buy 2 M$ worth. [0] 2013-03-05 00:00:00 | 1 | 13-03-05 | 0 | ? | Casares holds whales meeting in Tucson. [4] # # 2014-01-31 15:00:00 | 0 | 14/Jan/31 | 735 | ? | Start of Chinese New Year holiday week. 2014-02-05 21:00:00 | 0 | 14/Feb/05 | 861 | ? | End of Chinese New Year holiday week. 2014-02-10 09:00:00 | 0 | 14/Feb/10 | 969 | ? | MtGOX first press release, blaming "bug in protocol". 2014-02-20 09:00:00 | 0 | 14/Feb/20 | 1209 | ? | MtGOX second press release. 2014-02-24 03:00:00 | 0 | 14/Feb/24 | 1299 | ? | UNKNOWN EVENT 2014-03-03 15:00:00 | 0 | 14/Mar/15 | 1479 | ? | UNKNOWN EVENT 2014-03-26 21:00:00 | 0 | 14/Mar/26 | 2037 | ? | Caixin leaks a PBoC directive to close the RMB channels. 2014-04-02 12:00:00 | 0 | 14/Apr/02 | 2196 | * | BTC38, FXBTC announce closing of their bank accounts. 2014-04-10 04:00:00 | 0 | 14/Apr/10 | 2380 | * | Huobi announces closing of their ICBC account. 2014-04-11 03:00:00 | 0 | 14/Apr/11 | 2403 | * | PBoC official compares bitcoin to stamps. # # [0] N. Popper (2015), /Digital Gold/ # # [1] Roger Ver hears about bitcoin on FreeTalkLive and goes out to buy 25 k$ worth of bitcoins. # [2] Adrian Chen (2011-06-01), "The Underground Website Where you Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable". # /Gawker/ (news website) http://gawker.com/the-underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imag-30818160 # # [3] Adrian Chen (2011-06-03), "Everyone Wants Bitcoins After Learning They Can Buy Drugs With Them" # /Gawker/ (news website) http://gawker.com/5808314/everyone-wants-bitcoins-after-learning-they-can-buy-drugs-with-them # # [4] From [0]: Wences Casares organized a meeting of big investors (Marc Andreessen, Fortress, # and others) in Tucson, March 4--6, 2013, to explain and demonstrate bitcoin to them. # Sent 6400 BTC around. They reportedly bought thousands of BTC as a result.