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November 2021
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9Zhong's coins found | 10Bitcoin's November 2021 record | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14Taproot |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21Bitcoin City |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27$1,000, 2013 | 28The first halving, 2012 |
| 29$10,000, 2017 | 30 |
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Events in November 2021
Tuesday 9 November1818 days ago
Agents find James Zhong's stolen Silk Road bitcoins
Searching James Zhong's house in Gainesville, Georgia, US agents found about 50,491 bitcoins he had taken from Silk Road in 2012 by tricking its withdrawal system, held in an underground safe and on a small computer hidden in a popcorn tin. Zhong pleaded guilty to wire fraud and in April 2023 was sentenced to a year and a day in prison.
PolicySourceIRS Criminal Investigation, Silk Road dark web fraud defendant sentenced following seizure and forfeiture of over $3.4 billion in cryptocurrency (14 Apr 2023)
Wednesday 10 November1817 days ago
Bitcoin's November 2021 record
Bitcoin reached a record of about $68,950, according to CoinDesk, soon after US data showed consumer prices up 6.2% on a year earlier, the fastest rise since 1990.
MarketsSourceCoinDesk, Bitcoin Jumps to New All-Time High as Inflation Spikes to 6.2% in October (10 Nov 2021)
Sunday 14 November1813 days ago
Taproot activates
The Taproot upgrade took effect at block 709,632. It added Schnorr signatures and a new kind of output that reveals less about complex spending conditions, making them cheaper and more private.
Network · 05:15 UTCSee block 709,632SourceBIP 341, Deployment section ("The deployment did activate at height 709632")What happened
Sunday 21 November1806 days ago
Bukele announces Bitcoin City
On the night of 20 November, El Salvador time, President Nayib Bukele announced plans for a "Bitcoin City" near the Conchagua volcano, powered by its geothermal energy, with value-added tax as its only tax. He said a bond to fund it would be offered in 2022, entirely in bitcoin.
PolicySourceAP via NBC News, A Bitcoin city? That's the plan in El Salvador (22 Nov 2021; "Saturday night")
Saturday 27 November1800 days ago
Bitcoin passes $1,000, 2013
8 years ago. Bitcoin traded at $1,000 on Mt. Gox, then the world's largest exchange for buying bitcoin with US dollars, for the first time.
MarketsSourceCoinDesk, Bitcoin Price Hits $1,000 After Doubling in 7 Days (27 Nov 2013)
Sunday 28 November1799 days ago
The first halving, 2012
9 years ago. At block 210,000 the reward for mining a block fell from 50 to 25 bitcoin, the first halving. The software halves the reward every 210,000 blocks, roughly every four years.
NetworkSee block 210,000SourceBitcoin Core source, nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210000
Monday 29 November1798 days ago
Bitcoin passes $10,000, 2017
4 years ago. Bitcoin rose above $10,000 for the first time on CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index.
MarketsSourceCoinDesk, It's Official: Bitcoin's Price Makes History Passing $10k (29 Nov 2017)