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October 2023
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| 2Silk Road closed, 2013 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18Taproot Assets | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29First bitcoin ATM, 2013 |
| 30 | 31Whitepaper, 2008 |
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Events in October 2023
Monday 2 October1126 days ago
FBI shuts down Silk Road, 2013
10 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 18 October1110 days ago
Taproot Assets goes live on Bitcoin
Lightning Labs released an early version of Taproot Assets for Bitcoin's main network: a protocol for issuing other assets on the bitcoin blockchain, such as stablecoins, tokens meant to keep a steady value, usually one US dollar. It worked on-chain only, "with Lightning support coming soon".
MilestonesSourceLightning Labs, Taproot Assets on Mainnet: A New Era for Bitcoin and Beyond (18 Oct 2023)
Sunday 29 October1099 days ago
The first bitcoin ATM opens, 2013
10 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
Tuesday 31 October1097 days ago
The Bitcoin whitepaper, 2008
15 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