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History
The Bitcoin.com domain name was registered in January of 2008, a year before the Bitcoin network was launched by its pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

In 2011, the domain was briefly managed by Trade Hill Exchange (Tradehill), the first U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, handling a fifth of all global Bitcoin exchanges at the time. Tradehill closed its doors in 2012, citing regulatory issues and a dispute with payment processor Dwolla. Tradehill also had its own domain (Tradehill.com) and never launched Bitcoin trading services on the Bitcoin.com domain.

Roger Ver gained control of the Bitcoin.com domain name in April 2014 where he leased it to Blockchain.info (now Blockchain.com). Starting in December 2014, then prominent Chinese cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin took over management of the site under a lease agreement made with site owner Roger Ver. In May 2015, the 5-year agreement was terminated by OKCoin who issued a statement claiming the agreement regarding the domain was invalid due to the entity named in the documents not being representative of the actual company. Ver sued OKCoin’s Hong Kong entity over contract breaches and was awarded a $570,000 judgement by a Hong Kong court in November 2017.

In June 2015, Roger Ver re-launched Bitcoin.com, dedicating it to helping grow the Bitcoin network by providing educational resources and reliable tools for interacting with the network. He served as CEO of the company until 1 August 2019, at which point he transitioned to Executive Chairman.

In April 2018, Bitcoin.com was denounced by critics over the naming and positioning of two different cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in various parts of the site. The allegation was that then Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver was using the site to misleadingly promote Bitcoin Cash. A lawsuit was threatened but never materialized, likely because the site’s page for buying cryptocurrency did, in fact, clearly distinguish between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. In May 2018, Bitcoin.com updated its block explorer page to remove potentially misleading language.

In September 2019, Taiwanese consumer electronics giant HTC entered into a partnership with Bitcoin.com where all of HTC’s Exodus 1 phones came preloaded with Bitcoin.com’s wallet software.

In May 2020, former Apple and Rakuten senior manager Dennis Jarvis was appointed CEO of Bitcoin.com. Jarvis redefined Bitcoin.com's vision to more broadly support the concept of ‘economic freedom’ rather than promote a specific cryptocurrency.

In April 2021, the Bitcoin.com domain was erroneously listed for sale on Godaddy. This prompted site owner Roger Ver to demand the domain registrar and web hosting company remove the $100 million listing, which it did without providing further explanation.