📝 Finney: "Why Remailers" On February 24, 1993, Hal Finney in his mini-essay "Why Remailers" explains his vision regarding how this technology can become the foundation for anonymous p2p cash: "Cypherpunk vision includes the ability to engage in transactions anonymously, using "digital cash", which would not be traceable to the participants." https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/1993-02-24/finney-why-remailers

👨‍🎨 New Bitcoin Logo On February 24, 2010, Satoshi shares an updated version of the Bitcoin logo. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2010-02-24/new-bitcoin-logo

🗻 Death of Mt.Gox On February 24, 2014, Mt. Gox, the largest bitcoin exchange at the time, halted trading due to insolvency. Mt. Gox closed on February 25, 2014, and later filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan and the USA, losing 640,000 bitcoins. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2014-02-24/death-of-mtgox

🪙 Silver Parity On February 19, 2013, bitcoin reached silver parity. At a price of $29.65, bitcoin for the first time exceeded the value of an ounce of silver. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2013-02-19/silver-parity

🤑 Trillion US Dollars On February 19, 2021, bitcoin market capitalization exceeded one trillion US dollars. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2021-02-19/trillion-us-dollars

🗣️ Satoshi on Emission On February 18, 2010, Satoshi commented on Bitcoin's predetermined supply. "In this regard, [Bitcoin] is more like precious metals. Instead of adjusting the supply to maintain a stable value, the supply is predetermined, and the value changes. As the number of users grows, the value of each coin increases. This can lead to a positive feedback loop: as the number of users increases, the value grows, which may attract more users wanting to benefit from the rising value." https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2010-02-18/satoshi-on-emission

📚 Bitcoin Privacy: Best Practices On February 18, 2021, Gigi publishes the article "Bitcoin Privacy: Best Practices". https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2021-02-18/bitcoin-privacy-best-pracitces

📚 No KYC On February 17, 2020, BitcoinQnA publishes the article "No KYC". https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2020-02-17/no-kyc

🚗 First Bitcoins for Car Collateral On February 16, 2012, the first announcement appeared on the bitcointalk forum offering to lend the author 1000 BTC at 16% per month. The interest would amount to 160 BTC. As collateral, the author of the post offered a BNR32 Skyline GT-R, whose value at that time was approximately 4 times higher than the loan. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2012-02-16/first-bitcoins-for-car-collateral

🗄️ Mega Begins Accepting Bitcoin On February 16, 2013, Kim Dotcom announced that the data storage service Mega, the successor to his platform Megaupload, which was shut down a year earlier, is starting to accept bitcoin. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2013-02-16/mega-begins-accepting-bitcoin

👨‍💻 Launch of Bitcoin v0.10 February 16, 2015, Bitcoin v0.10 was launched https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2015-02-16/launch-of-bitcoin-v010

🗣️ Satoshi on Decentralization On February 15, 2009, Satoshi explains the difference between Bitcoin and previous attempts to create digital cash free from government control. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2009-02-15/satoshi-on-decentralization

🚗 First Announcement of a Car Sale for Bitcoin On February 15, 2011, the first announcement of a car sale for bitcoin was published. 1 BTC = $1.07 https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-02-15/first-announcement-of-a-car-sale-for-bitcoin

🦾 Technological Breakthrough of DigiCash On February 14, 1995, DigiCash made a breakthrough in reducing the cost of secure chip technology for smart cards. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/1995-02-14/technological-breakthrough-of-digicash

👽 Reddit Begins Accepting Bitcoin On February 14, 2013, the social platform Reddit began accepting bitcoin as payment for the in-platform currency Reddit Gold. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2013-02-14/reddit-begins-accepting-bitcoin

🚘 Porsche Cayman S Sold for 300 BTC On February 13, 2013, the family sold a Porsche Cayman S for ~300 BTC. The car was valued at $40,000. "Today, the Porsche was sold for ~300 bitcoins! If this isn't proof that bitcoin is a legitimate currency, then I don't know what will be proof." https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2013-02-13/porsche-cayman-s-sold-for-300-btc

⚡️ Lightning 🤝 Nostr On February 13, 2023, Lightning network support was integrated into Nostr. This was made possible thanks to the NIP-57 by npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2023-02-13/lightning-nostr

📃 Satoshi Nakamoto Presents Bitcoin on P2P Foundation On February 11, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto presents Bitcoin to the public, announcing his invention on the P2P Foundation forum. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2009-02-11/satoshi-nakamoto-presents-bitcoin-on-p2p-foundation

🌊 Sharp Surge in Bitcoin.org Traffic On February 10, 2011, the bitcoin.org website experienced a sharp surge in traffic due to mentions on Slashdot, Hacker News, and Twitter in connection with reaching dollar parity. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-02-10/sharp-surge-in-bitcoinorg-traffic

💲 Bitcoin Reaches US Dollar Parity On February 9, 2011, Bitcoin reached US dollar parity, touching the mark of $1 per BTC on MtGox. https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2011-02-09/bitcoin-reaches-us-dollar-parity