Quick search suggests Blockchain.info was founded in 2011. Not sure of the exact date or month but I do know Silkroad was first seen in February 2011. Both sites were formed after the orginal $200 AUD purchase  The reason I would have seen the linked site in 2011 is after hearing about Silkroad. As far as im aware there was no reason to purchase BTC in 2010 whatsoever other than just for finding the concept interesting. I never made another purchase till late 2013 - 2014. By this time it was ridiculousy easy. Open MtGox account. International transfer straight from bank account online. Bitcoins hit the wallet. No mucking around with keys no nothing. Everything else including the website you have linked comes later. Need to go back even earlier.

What I'm struggling to understand right now is after keys have been generated & money has been transferred how would that be registered on the blockchain in 2010 without the use of the Bitcoin Client.

Untll I get my head around the basics properly & can explain myself properly unfortunately my posts are going to be confusing. If anyone out there could make a simple summary of what's been discussed so far that would probably be helpful to readers. Ps. Got new Asus ROG Strix today...looks nice. 😁