Back in 2010 member dwdollar created his own Bitcoin Market for purchasing and selling Bitcoin from person to person or using Paypal, but he closed it in June of 2011 .
In July of 2010 Mt.Gox posted first message on forum and it was later sold to Mark Karpeles.
Then the story goes on with other exchanges but I guess people exchanged Bitcoins for fiat and other stuff p2p since the very beginnings.
Hi everyone. I'm in the process of building an exchange. I have big plans for it, but I still have a lot of work to do. It will be a real market where people will be able to buy and sell Bitcoins with each other. In the coming weeks I should have a website with a basic framework set up. Please bear with me.
Hi Everyone,
I just put up a new bitcoin exchange.
Please let me know what you think.
https://mtgox.com