In 2011, the price of 1 #bitcoin reached $1 for the first time. Just 6 short years later, the price of 1 bitcoin exceeded the price of an ounce of gold, the value of the #cryptocurrency now showing itself to be significant as a speculative financial asset. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39149475

On this day in 2002, digital cash provider #eCash was acquired by #InfoSpace. eCash's vision was to be an anonymous, cryptographic, e-money system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecash

On the ninth of February 2011, #bitcoin first reached parity with the dollar. A watershed moment for #cryptocurrency, and one that started showing the potential impact that #blockchains and #crypto could have on the global economy.

On this day in 2011, The digital marketplace, #SilkRoad was launched. It is estimated that over 5% of all #bitcoins in existence today, once passed through the marketplace.