Bitcoin Market was announced on Bitcointalk in 2010 and it launched the same year, offering a floating exchange rate for bitcoin. Buyers could purchase bitcoin by sending another user U.S. dollars via PayPal while Bitcoin Market would hold the seller's bitcoin in escrow until the seller received their money.
Where did people buy Bitcoin in 2011?
At that time, there was no exchange where to buy and sell Bitcoin. Some miners sold their coin on their website, others traded them on specialty forums.
Where did people buy Bitcoin in 2012?
At that time, there was no exchange where to buy and sell Bitcoin. Some miners sold their coin on their website, others traded them on specialty forums.
How much would I have if I bought 1 Bitcoin in 2010?
According to historical data at Investing.com, Bitcoin's price never broke above $0.40 per bitcoin in 2010 but did manage to hit that level in early 2011.
How did people store Bitcoin in 2009?
Satoshi began working on the first bitcoin wallet concurrently with his development of the Bitcoin protocol, and the Bitcoin-Qt wallet, as it was known, was released in February 2009. The private keys for the Qt wallet were stored in a file on the user's desktop titled “wallet.