What if you bought Bitcoin on July 17, 2010?
First Exchange Trade
Bitcoin was trading at $0.05 on July 17, 2010. Here's what different investments would be worth today at $66,926.
You invested
$100.00
on 2010-07-17
BTC price then
$0.05
2000.0000 BTC bought
Value today
$133.85M
BTC at $66,926
Profit
+$133.85M
133851.9k%
You invested
$500.00
on 2010-07-17
BTC price then
$0.05
10000.0000 BTC bought
Value today
$669.26M
BTC at $66,926
Profit
+$669.26M
133851.9k%
You invested
$1,000
on 2010-07-17
BTC price then
$0.05
20000.0000 BTC bought
Value today
$1338.52M
BTC at $66,926
Profit
+$1338.52M
133851.9k%
You invested
$5,000
on 2010-07-17
BTC price then
$0.05
100000.0000 BTC bought
Value today
$6692.60M
BTC at $66,926
Profit
+$6692.60M
133851.9k%
You invested
$10,000
on 2010-07-17
BTC price then
$0.05
200000.0000 BTC bought
Value today
$13385.20M
BTC at $66,926
Profit
+$13385.19M
133851.9k%
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Bitcoin on July 17, 2010: First Exchange Trade
July 17, 2010 marks the first day Bitcoin was traded on Mt. Gox, the earliest major exchange. BTC opened at roughly $0.05, making the entire Bitcoin network worth under $1 million. Just months earlier, Laszlo Hanyecz had famously paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. This was the moment Bitcoin transitioned from a cypherpunk experiment to a tradable asset.
On July 17, 2010, one Bitcoin cost $0.05. A $1,000 investment would have purchased 20000.000000BTC. At today's price of $66,926, that holding would be worth $1338.52M — a 133851.9k%return. This calculation does not account for transaction fees, taxes, or the emotional difficulty of holding through Bitcoin's famous volatility. Past performance does not guarantee future results.