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October 2020
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2Silk Road closed, 2013 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21PayPal crypto | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29First bitcoin ATM, 2013 | 30 | 31Whitepaper, 2008 |
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Events in October 2020
Friday 2 October2221 days ago
FBI shuts down Silk Road, 2013
7 years ago. The FBI shut down Silk Road, a hidden online market for illegal drugs where buyers paid in bitcoin, and arrested Ross Ulbricht, who was later convicted of running it.
PolicySourceCNNMoney, 2 October 2013 (archived copy)
Wednesday 21 October2202 days ago
PayPal opens bitcoin buying to US customers
PayPal said its US customers could buy, hold and sell bitcoin and three other cryptocurrencies (Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin) in their PayPal accounts, with access rolling out over the following weeks. The service ran through Paxos Trust Company, a regulated crypto firm.
MilestonesSourcePayPal newsroom, PayPal Launches New Service Enabling Users to Buy, Hold and Sell Cryptocurrency, 21 Oct 2020
Thursday 29 October2194 days ago
The first bitcoin ATM opens, 2013
7 years ago. A bitcoin ATM made by Robocoin went live in a Waves Coffee House in downtown Vancouver, Canada. CBC News reported it as a world first: after scanning the customer's palm, it swapped Canadian dollars for bitcoin and back.
MilestonesSourceCBC News, World's first bitcoin ATM opens in Vancouver, 29 Oct 2013What happened
Saturday 31 October2192 days ago
The Bitcoin whitepaper, 2008
12 years ago. Satoshi Nakamoto announced the paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" on the Cryptography Mailing List, describing electronic cash that works without a bank or other trusted third party.
MilestonesSourceSatoshi Nakamoto Institute, "Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper" email (dated 31 Oct 2008, 18:10:00 UTC)What happened