History of Bitcoin 2012

Jared Kenna at his expensive SF office before Tradehill closed

9 January 2012 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.5.2

14 January 2012 Mikko Hypponen tweeted that about phishing mt.gox"Bitcoin users, note that "ltgox․com" hosts a live Mt.Gox phishing site. Stores stolen logins to "/home/ddancom/". Oh, hello there @ddancom"

18 January 2012 Scam on GLBSE (investment funds LIF.A, LIF.B, LIF.C, LIF.X)
Total loss : 2000 BTC (estimated)

February 2012 Andrew Nollan aka shakaru ran a loan scam, borrowed large amounts from multiple people who didn't know about each other. Total loss : 10000 BTC (estimated)
3000 BTC was missing at Bitcoinica.

15 February 2012 Tradehill halted withdrawals,Btc price down 120 %. from USD 5.5 to 4.4.

27 February 2012 Bitcoin Magazine launched with articles about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

2 March 2012 Linode was hacked. A security breach at Linode, hosting company - result the largest theft of Bitcoins recorded to date. More than 46000 BTC stolen, valued 228000 USD.

7 March 2012 Tradehill the second largest Bitcoin exchange closed down, they claimed Dwolla stole 100000 USD customer funds and threatened to sue Dwolla, but Dwolla denied, and no lawsuit came.Ex-marine soldier Jared Kenna and Ryan Singer made a few secret payments to a few select users and then ignored everybody else. Jared Kenna had plenty of BTC and joined Jonathan Ryan Owens and created 20 Moves, which had the capital to start a Hacker incubator in San Francisco.Biggest loss of BTC ever. Ca. 200000 BTC.

14 March 2012 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.5.3

16 March 2012 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.5.3.1

30 March 2012 1 BTC=4.9 USD

16 March 2012 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.6

April 2012 Pay-to-script-hash (P2SH), as defined through BIP 0016 went live.

11 April 2012 Betco.inix server was hacked. Total loss: 2900 BTC (Official).Mircea Popescu created mpex exchange

17 April 2012 Drug enforcement administration's Los Angeles field division closed LSD market Farmers market.

25 April 2012 CoinLab got a $500,000 investment from Draper Associates and Geoff Entress.

24 April 2012 FBI report entitled Bitcoin Virtual Currency: Unique Features Present Distinct Challenges for Deterring Illicit Activity was leaked and brought attention to concerns that Bitcoin payment methods could facilitate illegal transactions for weapons and narcotics.

May 2012 Bitcoin Magazine published its first printed issue.Ripple altcoin launched.

4 May 2012 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.6.1

8 May 2012 SatoshiDICE became responsible for more than ½ BTC blockchain transaction volume.

8 May 2012 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.6.2

11 May 2012 Bitcoinica was hacked a second time. Bitcoin exchange, Bitcoinica, was taken down following after hack results in a loss of over 18000 Bitcoins, valued at approximately 90000 USD.Attack method: Stolen hot wallet

19 May 2012 SatoshiDICE was responsible for 173MB, 12.3% of all blockchain data since 2009

3 June 2012 Block 181919, with 1322 transactions, was the largest block to-date.

25 June 2012 Bitcoin version-Qt 0.6.3

13 July 2012 Bitcoinica was hacked a third time, Amir Taaki "open sourced" proprietary code he sort of acquired from Bitcoinica, which included a password which happens to have been reused on a high value email which could be leveraged and was leveraged to empty the hot wallet. Amusingly enough, the stolen funds were identified on Aurum Exchange, in the account xii of none other than "Zhou Tong", the purported 14 year old original author of the codebase & administrator of the site. Zhous explanation: He was framed by none other than Chinese millionaire/relic hunter Chen Jianhai, who admitted to this even, in a heartfelt face to face, when told to his surprise that "this is a matter of international intrigue" . And then paid the sum back. Total loss : 45000 BTC (Official).

13 July 2012 Meni Rosenfeld suggested; Trustless, instant, off-the-chain Bitcoin payments

22 July 2012 Bitcointalk reached 1 mil posts.

31 July 2012 BTC-Exiv had its 16 character long secret API key broken. BTC-E declared about 4500 BTC lost but covered for customers with their own funds.

6 August 2012 4 Users filed a complaint against Bitcoinica with accusations of breach of contract.

7 August 2012 Btc based drug market Silk Road had 2 Mio USD in monthly sales.

12 August 2012 Peercoin launched.

16 August 2012 Jonathan Ryan Owens, Alberto Armandi, Meni Rosenfeld, Matthew Neal Wright, Ben Malec, James McCarthy, Ludvig Öberg created a number of GLBSE assets: Bitdaytrade, Bitscalper, ZIP.A, Bitcoin Rebate, kronos.io. All projects failed .Total loss : 25000 BTC estimated

18 August 2012 Bitcoin Savings and Trust, the largest ponzi in Bitcoin history crashed.
Total loss: 82000-500000 BTC(estimated)

20 August 2012 Charlie Shrem announced a plan to introduce a Bitcoin debit card through BitInstant.
 
1 September 2012 KnCMiner, a Swedish developer of Bitcoin mining hardware, began.

3 September 2012 Bitfloor was hacked for 24,000 BTCcompany was storing an unencrypted wallet on a server. Compromised servers resulted in access to encrypted backup files of wallet keys.

6 September 2012 Mitt Romney was threatened with blackmail unless he paid an anonymous group 1 million USD in Bitcoin, Erik Voorhees offered to purchase the Bitcoin for him without a fee.

6 September 2012 Independent miner and premier Bitcoin Savings and Trust supporter Hash King . Scammer tag issued on forums against his weak promise to repay BTC owed over three years if investors agree to 70% haircut.Total loss: 100000 BTC

9 September 2012 Matthew Neal Wright had been offering interested parties bets on whether the Bitcoin Savings and Trust would fail or not. Numerous people took the bet, Matthew Neal Wright failed to pay out when the revelation of the scam became fact. Total loss : 50000 BTC

11 September 2012 Ben Malec announced that he could not pay his BDK.BND debt to investors.Total loss : 5000 BTC(estimated)

15 September 2012 The London 2012 Bitcoin Conference was held.

16 September 2012 it came out that then-CEO of Butterfly Labs, Sonny Vleisides had in fact been convicted of fraud. The BFL board was changed and the matter was presently being ignored.  Consequently, there's no loss to associate with this item as of yet. The previous scam which resulted in the fraud conviction did cost the general public 19 million USD.

17 September 2012 Mybitcointrade.comxx operated anonymously went away.Total loss : 2000 BTC.

17 September 2012 Bitcoin version-Qt 0.7

27 September 2012 Bitcoin Foundation was founded with a mission to "standardize, protect and promote the use of Bitcoin cryptographic money for the benefit of users worldwide. The members were Gavin Andresen, Charlie Shrem, Mark Karpeles,  Roger Keith Ver, Mehul Puri and Attorney Patrick Murck. Peter Vessenes was executive director.

28 September 2012 Oliver Richman, aka Serena, Usagi & al had been operating a number of assets (NYAN.A, .B, .C). Investors were not paid. Total loss : 1000 BTC (estimated).

30 September 2012 Patrick McFarland aka DiabloD3xxii had an idea of a "million BTC company" sometime in April. This was going to be some sort of mining venture then modified to a data center.Total loss : 2000 BTC (estimated).

6 October 2012 GLBSE was closed, apparently by James McCarthy acting against the orders of shareholders. About three dozen assets worth in total maybe 30000 BTC find themselves suspended in limbo. Another 5000 of user funds is thus frozen. Later McCarthy issued most of the customer funds and partial lists of beneficial owners for most assets, in such a way that the data can't actually be trusted or used safely (plaintext over email).
Total loss : 10000 BTC (estimated).

14 October 2012 Clipsexxiv abandoned its promises to miners .Total loss : 2000 BTC

18 October 2012 75% of Bitcoin weren't circulating because they were in accounts that had never participated in outgoing transactions.

19 October 2012 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.7.1

25 October 2012 Bitcoin Mining Reward halved from 50 to 25 btc

30 October 2012 BitPay reported that over 1,000 merchants accepted Btc 

2 November 2012 Consequent of his default to the MPCD seriesxxv, owner PR asked for  people for patience but a couple weeks later receives a scammer tag in the forum for Patrick Harnett, who had been operating a purported ratings agency, was one of the backers of GLBSe listings of Bitcoin Savings and Trust toxic paper and ran yet another Bitcoin "bank". Total loss : 25000 BTC (estimated)

16 November 2012 WordPress.com announced that it accepted Btc as payment for users to purchase upgrades.

Bitcoin Mining Reward halved from 50 to 25 btc

28 November 2012 Halving Day, Block 210,000 was the first with a block reward of 25 BTC.

14 December 2012 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.7.2

8 December 2012 Bitcoin Magazine, announced that it sold itself to BFL and 20 Mission. An ex manager Vladimir Marchenko - claimed the current manager Mihai Alisie stole the company. Mihai Alisie responded by claiming Vladimir Marchenko stole from the company, and also failed to steal 65000 USD from a third unidentified party .Total loss : 3000 BTC (estimated)

21 December 2012  Bitmarket.eu was hacked 18787.7 BTC