Protocol · November 28, 2012

First halving (block 210,000)

Price at event

$13

Today

$73,442

Since then

×5875

Block reward drops from 50 BTC to 25 BTC. The first programmed supply-shock event. The 2013 bull run starts months later.

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Bitcoin Foundation established

First consumer Bitcoin ASIC ships (Avalon)

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