Bitcoin as a merchant payment option and early payment processors (2010–2015)

1. First documented bitcoin purchase (pizza transaction)

   May 22, 2010Labels: Laszlo Hanyecz, Pizza transaction

   • Guinness
   • CoinDesk

2. Mt. Gox launches, enabling easier BTC pricing

   Jul 18, 2010Labels: Mt Gox, Bitcoin exchange

   • Wikipedia
   • Investopedia

3. BitPay founded to serve merchant bitcoin payments

   Jun 1, 2011Labels: BitPay, Payment processor

   • BusinessWire
   • Bitcoin Wiki

4. WordPress.com begins accepting bitcoin via BitPay

   Nov 1, 2012Labels: WordPress com, BitPay

   • BitPay Blog

5. Coinbase launches “Pay By Bitcoin” button

   Dec 5, 2012Labels: Coinbase, Pay By

   • Y Combinator

6. Coinbase promotes merchant adoption with fee incentive

   Aug 27, 2013Labels: Coinbase, Pricing incentive

   • TechCrunch

7. Shopify adds BitPay integration for merchant stores

   Nov 9, 2013Labels: Shopify, BitPay

   • CoinDesk

8. Overstock starts accepting bitcoin via Coinbase

   Jan 9, 2014Labels: Overstock, Coinbase

   • TechCrunch
   • CoinDesk

9. TigerDirect adds bitcoin payments through BitPay

   Jan 20, 2014Labels: TigerDirect, BitPay

   • BitcoinMag

10. Expedia accepts bitcoin for hotel reservations

    Jun 11, 2014Labels: Expedia, Coinbase

    • GeekWire
    • TicoTimes

11. Newegg begins accepting bitcoin via BitPay

    Jul 2, 2014Labels: Newegg, BitPay

    • ThePaypers

12. Dell accepts bitcoin for online U.S. purchases

    Jul 18, 2014Labels: Dell, Coinbase

    • CoinDesk
    • Coinbase

13. Overstock expands bitcoin payments to global customers

    Sep 11, 2014Labels: Overstock, International expansion

    • WIRED

14. Microsoft begins accepting bitcoin for digital content

    Dec 11, 2014Labels: Microsoft, Digital content

    • CNBC
    • CoinDesk

15. Merchant-era lessons emerge from early adoption wave

    Aug 7, 2015Labels: Payment processor, Merchant adoption

    • BitcoinMag