6/1/2011

📝 Gawker Article on Bitcoin, Silk Road, and Mt. Gox

On June 1, 2011, Adrian Chen's Gawker article, titled "The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable", focusing on SilkRoad and Bitcoin, was published. Thanks to a link to MtGox within the article, excitement around Bitcoin sharply increased, and the price surged.