Market · October 5, 2009

First published exchange rate

Price at event

$0.00

Today

$73,594

Since then

×96834211

New Liberty Standard publishes 1 USD = 1,309.03 BTC, derived from the cost of electricity to mine a coin. Bitcoin had a price.

⸺ Sources ⸺

referenceAtlas21 — The first official BTC/USD exchange rate (New Liberty Standard, Oct 5 2009: $1 = 1,309.03 BTC) ↗
referenceBullionStar (Ronan Manly) — Dawn of Bitcoin Price Discovery 2009–2011: the very early Bitcoin exchanges ↗
referenceBitbo Bitcoin Calendar — What Was the First Valuation Given to Bitcoin? (Oct 5, 2009) ↗

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