From a pizza purchase to a $2 trillion asset: The unbelievable history of Bitcoin

Bitcoin is peer to peer virtual currency created by an anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. It allows you to send value over the wire anytime anywhere without a trusted middleman on a public network. It is decentralized and hence no one can censor you just like no one can stop you from using the internet as long as you have a connection to be online.

Let us look at the major milestones and events that happened along the way and what was the price of bitcoin at that time.