October 5, 2009 was published the first rate of "bitcoin" to the dollar: $ 1 - 1,309.03 BTC. Public trading began on the New Liberty Standard stock exchange. The new product worked on blockchain technology and was conceived as a breakthrough payment system. Bitcoin combined the anonymity of cash with the convenience and flexibility of electronic payments; but unlike cash, it had no physical embodiment, i.e., it could not be stolen without a password known only to its owner; your wallet could not be blocked or tracked by a bank, because Bitcoin was originally conceived as a decentralized analog of the entire banking system. The idea of money outside of government control quickly gained notori...