Re: Do You Know The First Times Bitcoin Ever Had Real World Value?
Some early trades of bitcoins for physical things you need to know.
theymos sold bitcoin for $0.003/ BTC. See
But I believe the first actual realization of Bitcoin's real value as a payment network was when the Silk Road was built by Ross Ulbricht. There was a gap in the online drugs market, which obviously no financial institution would service. Bitcoin filled that gap - plus made that market more efficient and payments became a little less frictionless.- Pizza for bitcoins?. It is a legendary trade, everyone in Bitcoin market knows it.
- Raw Thai Honey (First 40 BTC of profits go to the forum!) 8 KG for sale!. It is like a missing story that is less popular than the pizza story. It took me 5 years in this forum to know about it.
theymos sold bitcoin for $0.003/ BTC. See
Many people in BitcoinTalk probably consider Ross Ulbricht a mere criminal because he built something illegal. But from another point of view, he's also an accelerationist who wanted to change the exisiting state of affairs.