Well we all know the headline from The Times that was included in the Genesis block, but I’ve been researching when bitcoin first appeared in the actual newspaper .
The
first mention of bitcoin in The Times appears to be in a 20 page supplement called
Raconteur. This was included in the Times on
7th December 2011The supplement is entitled
The Future of Payments and the there is an article titled
Paying: but not as we know it by Stephen Armstrong , which talks about bitcoin.
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The Times
7th December 2011
Supplement- Raconteur - The Future of Payments
Article - Paying : but not as we know it
Author - Stephen Armstrong
Full article here -
https://www.raconteur.net/finance/tomorrows-vision-payments-but-not-as-we-know-itThis is from The Times archives on the 6th December promoting the supplement for the next day
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The
second mention of bitcoin is
3rd April 2012 page 12
Article - Drugs, guns and passports for sale on ‘Dark Web’
Author - Murad Ahmed
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The
Times2 supplement of that day carries 2 articles
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![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FlFC0EXK.png&t=664&c=5ZQvhX8b8hILAQ)
Sorry if this appears a bit messy, but The Times Archives are a real pain !!
If anyone has got any more info or if anything needs to be corrected , just let me know.
AND if anyone can find a front page from either Times , please add. Thanks