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History of bitcoin

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History of bitcoin
The dream coin
better than gold
That can change your life
From 2009 To 2017

Bitcoin History To USD
Jan 2009 – Mar 2010
basically none No exchanges or market, users were mainly cryptography fans who were sending bitcoins for hobby purposes representing low or no value. In March 2010, user "SmokeTooMuch" auctioned 10,000 BTC for $50 (cumulatively), but no buyer was found
Apr 2010 $0.003 On 25 Apr 2010
the now-defunct BitcoinMarket.com exchange is the first one that starts operating.
May 2010 less than $0.01 On 22 May 2010
Laszlo Hanyecz made the first real-world transaction by buying two pizzas in Jacksonville, Florida for 10,000 BTC
July 2010 $0.08Increase In five days
the price grew 1000%, rising from $0.008 to $0.08 for 1 bitcoin.
Feb 2011 – April 2011 $1.00Increase Bitcoin takes parity with US dollar
8 July 2011 $31.00Increase top of first "bubble", followed by the first price drop
Dec 2011 $2.00Decrease minimum after few months
Dec 2012 $13.00 slowly rising for a year
11 April 2013 $266Increase
top of a price rally, during which the value was growing by 5-10% daily
May 2013 $130Decrease basically stable, again slowly rising
June 2013 $100Decrease in June slowly dropping to $70, but rising in July to $110
Nov 2013 $350 — $1,242Increase from October $150–$200 in November
Rising to $1,242 on 29 November 2013.[145]
Dec 2013 $600 — $1,000Decrease
Price crashed to $600, rebounded to $1,000, crashed again to the $500 range. Stabilized to the ~ $650–$800 range
Jan 2014 $750 — $1,000Increase
Price spiked to $1000 briefly, then settled in the $800–$900 range for the rest of the month
Feb 2014 $550 — $750Increase
Price fell following the shutdown of Mt. Gox before recovering to the $600–$700 range
Mar 2014 $450 — $700Increase
Price continued to fall due to a false report regarding bitcoin ban in China [147] and uncertainty over whether the Chinese government would seek to prohibit banks from working with digital currency exchanges
Apr 2014 $340 — $530Decrease
The lowest price since the 2012–2013
Cypriot financial crisis had been reached at 3:25 AM on 11 April
May 2014 $440 — $630Increase
The downtrend first slow down and then reverse, increasing over 30% in the last days of May
Mar 2015 $200 — $300Decrease Price fell through to early 2015
Early Nov 2015 $395 — $504Increase
Large spike in value from 225–250 at the start of October to the 2015 record high of $504
May–June 2016 $450 — $750Increase
Large spike in value starting from $450 and reaching a maximum of $750
July–September 2016 $600 — $630Decrease Price stabilized in the low $600 range.
October–November 2016 $600 — $780Increase
As the Chinese Renminbi depreciated against the US Dollar, bitcoin rose to the upper $700
January 2017 $800 — $1,150Increase
5-12 January 2017 $750 — $920Decrease
Price fell 30% in a week, reaching a multi-month low of $750
2-3 March 2017 $1,290+ Increase
Price broke above the November 2013 high of $1,242[150] and then traded above $1,290
April 2017 $1,210 — $1,250Decrease
May–June 2017 $2,000 — $3,200+Increase
Price reached an all-time high of $3,000 on June 12 and is oscilating around $2,500 since then
As of August 6, 2017, the price is $3,270.
August 2017 $3800 —$4000+Increase
Price reached its maximum in the history of bitcoin, an all time high of $4,000 on August 12