Bitcoin calendar.
Halvings and network upgrades, the US releases that move markets, conferences, and the anniversaries of Bitcoin's history. Dates are in UTC.
In 3 days
Bitcoin Amsterdam
ConferencesThursday 5 November
BTC Inc's European Bitcoin conference.
December 2017
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10Bitcoin futures start trading |
| 11 | 12Satoshi's last post, 2010 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17Bitcoin peaks near $20,000CME futures |
| 18HODL, 2013 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Adds the dates ahead to Apple Calendar or Outlook, and keeps them up to date. In Google Calendar, use Add to Google Calendar, or download the file.
Events in December 2017
Sunday 10 December3249 days ago
Bitcoin futures start trading
Cboe Futures Exchange began trading bitcoin futures, contracts to buy or sell bitcoin at a set price on a future date, settled in cash. CNBC called them the first bitcoin futures on an established exchange.
Markets · 23:00 UTCSourceCboe press release, Cboe Bitcoin Futures Open For Trading (10 Dec 2017, reprint)
Tuesday 12 December3247 days ago
Satoshi's last forum post, 2010
7 years ago. Satoshi Nakamoto posted for the last time on the Bitcoin forum, announcing version 0.3.19 with new limits against denial-of-service attacks (attempts to overload nodes).
MilestonesSourceSatoshi Nakamoto Institute, "Added some DoS limits, removed safe mode (0.3.19)" (12 Dec 2010, 18:22:33 UTC)
Sunday 17 December3242 days ago
Bitcoin peaks near $20,000
Bitcoin reached $19,783.21 on CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index, the high point of its 2017 rally.
MarketsSourceCoinDesk, From $900 to $20,000: Bitcoin's Historic 2017 Price Run Revisited (29 Dec 2017)
CME starts trading bitcoin futures
CME, the world's largest futures exchange, began trading bitcoin futures, a week after Cboe. Each contract covered five bitcoin and was settled in cash against a once-a-day bitcoin reference price, so no coins changed hands.
Markets · 23:00 UTCSourceCME Group press release, CME Group Self-Certifies Bitcoin Futures to Launch Dec. 18, 1 Dec 2017 (Mondo Visione reprint)
Monday 18 December3241 days ago
The "HODL" post, 2013
4 years ago. A bitcointalk user called GameKyuubi posted "I AM HODLING" during a sharp price fall, misspelling "holding". "HODL" became slang for keeping bitcoin rather than selling it.
MilestonesSourceGameKyuubi, "I AM HODLING", bitcointalk (archived copy)