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...