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  1. TCP/IP Protocol Specification Published
  2. Public-Key Cryptography Introduced
  3. RSA Encryption Algorithm Developed
  4. Merkle Trees Patented
  5. Blind Signatures for Digital Cash
  6. Security Without Identification Published
  7. The Economist Predicts 'The Phoenix'
  8. IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Created
  9. World Wide Web Publicly Released
  10. Blockchain Data Structure Invented
  11. Blockchain Scalability Invented (Merkle Trees)
  12. Cypherpunks Mailing List Established
  13. The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto
  14. A Cypherpunk's Manifesto Published
  15. Mosaic Web Browser Released
  16. The Canter & Siegel Usenet Spam
  17. First Electronic Cash Payment (DigiCash)
  18. SSL Protocol (Secure Sockets Layer) Released
  19. DigiCash Launches Mark Twain Bank Pilot
  20. NSA Publishes 'How to Make a Mint'
  21. ICQ Launches
  22. Hashcash Proposed by Adam Back
  23. Distributed.net Cracks RC5-56
  24. B-money Proposal Published
  25. DigiCash Files for Bankruptcy
  26. Bit Gold Proposal Published
  27. Milton Friedman Predicts Bitcoin
  28. SETI@home Launches
  29. Napster Peer-to-Peer Network Launches
  30. Freenet Project Announced
  31. Direct Connect Network Created
  32. iMesh Launches
  33. First Napster Lawsuits Filed
  34. Dot-Com Bubble Bursts
  35. Gnutella Network Launches
  36. eDonkey2000 Launches
  37. Napster Reaches Peak Usage
  38. FastTrack Protocol (Kazaa) Released
  39. Napster Forced to Shutdown
  40. Chord Protocol Published
  41. Kademlia DHT Protocol Published
  42. BitTorrent Protocol Released
  43. The Pirate Bay Launches
  44. Skype Launches
  45. Hal Finney Launches RPOW
  46. LimeWire Dominance Begins
  47. Nick Szabo Publishes 'Bit Gold' Proposal
  48. Subprime Crisis Begins (HSBC Warning)
  49. Bitcoin.org Domain Registered
  50. Lehman Brothers Files for Bankruptcy
  51. Bitcoin Whitepaper Published
  52. Bitcoin Genesis Block Mined
  53. Bitcoin v0.1 Software Released
  54. First Bitcoin Transaction
  55. New Liberty Standard Sets First Exchange Rate
  56. First Commercial Bitcoin Transaction
  57. Bitcointalk Forum Launches
  58. BitcoinMarket.com Announced
  59. Satoshi Updates Bitcoin Logo
  60. First Bitcoin Exchange Transaction
  61. The Bitcoin Pizza Transaction
  62. Gavin Andresen Discovers Bitcoin
  63. Gavin Andresen Launches Bitcoin Faucet
  64. Bitcoin v0.3 Released
  65. Slashdot Features Bitcoin
  66. Mt. Gox Exchange Launches
  67. ArtForz Begins GPU Mining
  68. Value Overflow Incident (184 Billion BTC)
  69. r/Bitcoin Subreddit Created
  70. First Bitcoin Bounty Posted (CUDA Miner)
  71. First Public CUDA Miner Released
  72. Micro-transaction Vulnerability Patched
  73. First Public OpenCL Miner Released
  74. Bitcoin Price Rally Begins
  75. First Bitcoin Escrow Transaction
  76. Launch of #bitcoin-otc
  77. First Bitcoin Short Sale
  78. FATF Issues First Crypto Warning
  79. Bitboy Releases Iconic Bitcoin Logo
  80. Market Cap Reaches $1 Million
  81. The Term 'Shitcoin' Coined
  82. First Mining Pool (Slush Pool) Launches
  83. Dwolla Launches
  84. WikiLeaks Financial Blockade
  85. First Mobile Bitcoin Transaction
  86. First Bitcoin Options Contract
  87. Satoshi's 'Hornet's Nest' Warning
  88. WikiLeaks Debate (Community Reaction)
  89. Satoshi's Final Public Post
  90. Mining Difficulty Exceeds 10,000
  91. First Mining Pool Block Found
  92. Bitcoin Street Sign Marketing Campaign
  93. Bitcoin Pooled Mining Reaches 10 GHash/sec
  94. Zimbabwe Dollar Trade on Bitcoin-OTC
  95. Block 105,000: 25% Supply Mined
  96. First Public Silk Road Marketing ('Altoid' Posts)
  97. Silk Road Darknet Marketplace Launches
  98. Bitcoin Reaches Dollar Parity
  99. Slashdot Coverage Crashes Bitcoin.org
  100. Alpaca Socks Become Bitcoin Symbol