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phelix

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Quote from: mila on April 24, 2012, 09:20:37 AM

May 22
first real world transaction ever settled with bitcoins (2010 two pizzas for 10.000 bitcoins)

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1195

that is the thing!

bitcoin pizza day! on that day every bitcoin believer must order a pizza for bitcoins!

Looking forward to the day I get 10.000 pizzas for two bitcoins Cool

mila

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May 22
first real world transaction ever settled with bitcoins (2010 two pizzas for 10.000 bitcoins)

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1195

phelix

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@Phin: you are classic

another date of importance is the creation date of satoshi's paper: March, 24th 2009

Phinnaeus Gage

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Bitcoin: An Idea Worth Spending

Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on April 23, 2012, 05:17:22 AM

Quote from: phelix on April 23, 2012, 05:16:57 AM

Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on April 23, 2012, 02:34:33 AM

How about April 17th so that we can both rejoice and be reminded that the game is not over yet?

did anything happen last week?

US Tax day.

It was the 17th this year because the 15th fell on the weekend. But my dad was born on the 17th in 1938 (RIP, you old fart [he knows its not in disrespect])

Dad showing off the last walleye he caught.

phelix

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Quote from: Stephen Gornick on April 23, 2012, 02:17:13 AM

Quote from: Stephen Gornick on January 03, 2012, 08:30:59 PM

Three calendar years.

One of the highlights last year on this date was that Bitcoin had reached "thousands of nodes". That same metric ended up at tens of thousands of nodes during the summer (using the same metric: http://stats.bitcoin.it/rrd/nodes_total-year.png ). Other node count methods calculate differently: http://bitcoinstats.org/count.html for example.

Last's year's birthday post:
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/happy-2nd-birthday-bitcoin-genesis-block-jan-03-2009-2579

I can't find the post but since the generation of blocks rather than the calendar time is more important, there have been suggestions to not use calendar time then to mark a "birthday".

Since bitcoin has an event every 210,000 blocks whose timing roughly correlates to an occurance once every four years, how about timing the event to one fourth of that 210,000 blocks. Or every 52,500 blocks -- roughly one year, but will vary based on rates of change of difficulty. This would put the birthday in December this year. About December 9th, to be more specific.

yeah, block height is cooler.

but 262,500 hmmmm 315,000, 367,500,... why did the great one not make it every 200,000 blocks

edit: also the block reward change is a big event of its own - we need an additional bitcoin day

to be honest I had hoped for a date that would come up in the next couple of months...

Matthew N. Wright

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Quote from: phelix on April 23, 2012, 05:16:57 AM

Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on April 23, 2012, 02:34:33 AM

How about April 17th so that we can both rejoice and be reminded that the game is not over yet?

did anything happen last week?

US Tax day.

phelix

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Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on April 23, 2012, 02:34:33 AM

How about April 17th so that we can both rejoice and be reminded that the game is not over yet?

did anything happen last week?

phelix

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Quote from: R- on April 23, 2012, 02:22:53 AM

Put it on a regular boring day that isn't a holiday. That way, people can rejoice, skip work or school and have a warm fuzzy feeling bout Bitcoin.

+1

Matthew N. Wright

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How about April 17th so that we can both rejoice and be reminded that the game is not over yet?

R-

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Pasta

Put it on a regular boring day that isn't a holiday. That way, people can rejoice, skip work or school and have a warm fuzzy feeling bout Bitcoin.

Stephen Gornick

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Quote from: Stephen Gornick on January 03, 2012, 08:30:59 PM

Three calendar years.

One of the highlights last year on this date was that Bitcoin had reached "thousands of nodes". That same metric ended up at tens of thousands of nodes during the summer (using the same metric: http://stats.bitcoin.it/rrd/nodes_total-year.png ). Other node count methods calculate differently: http://bitcoinstats.org/count.html for example.

Last's year's birthday post:
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/happy-2nd-birthday-bitcoin-genesis-block-jan-03-2009-2579

I can't find the post but since the generation of blocks rather than the calendar time is more important, there have been suggestions to not use calendar time then to mark a "birthday".

Since bitcoin has an event every 210,000 blocks whose timing roughly correlates to an occurance once every four years, how about timing the event to one fourth of that 210,000 blocks. Or every 52,500 blocks -- roughly one year, but will vary based on rates of change of difficulty. This would put the birthday in December this year. About December 9th, to be more specific.

phelix

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some people reserve the second post, I have no idea why but will do too

phelix

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As it has been a bit calm here lately:

It would be nice to have a bitcoin day to "celebrate our independence from the central bankers" as anonymous put it (see link below).

I invite you to present your nomination in this thread so we can then vote.

previous suggestions:

January 3rd https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-day-25900
genesis block date
the obvious one but not a good date imho because lots of people are on holiday and still have a hangover

February 9th
first time Bitcoin / USD parity

December 12th https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/happy-satoshi-nakamoto-day-54386 (Satoshi Nakamoto Day)
last message from the great leader

I would prefer a day in summer, though. Ideas?

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