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BTC Balkans

ConferencesSunday 1 November

A two-day, community-run Bitcoin conference for the Balkans, with keynotes, panels and workshops.

October 2021

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Events in October 2021

Saturday 2 October1856 days ago

  • FBI shuts down Silk Road, 2013

    8 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)

Friday 29 October1829 days ago

  • The first bitcoin ATM opens, 2013

    8 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

Sunday 31 October1827 days ago

  • The Bitcoin whitepaper, 2008

    13 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