Bitcoin-Central

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France-based BTC/EUR exchange operated by Paymium. Bitcoin-Central launched in December 2010, resumed service in September 2013 after a prolonged closure, and was renamed Paymium on June 23, 2014, ending the Bitcoin-Central brand while the underlying exchange business continued.

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Also known as: Bitcoin Central, Bitcoin-Central.net

Registry sequence

← MintPal

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Key facts

Launch date

2010-12-29

Death date

2014-06-23

Years

2010–2014

Origin

France

Confidence

high

Last verified

2026-06-26

URL handling

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URL status

Unknown

Original URL

https://bitcoin-central.net/

Archived URL

View archived site

Summary

Timeline

Bitcoin-Central launched

2010-12-29launchedmedium

Bitcoin Wiki records Bitcoin-Central as launched on 2010-12-29.

Bitcoin-Central announced regulated banking framework

2012-12-06regulatory_actionhigh

Bitcoin-Central / Paymium announced that Bitcoin-Central would operate within a European regulatory framework with funds held at a partner financial institution.

Bitcoin-Central relaunched after months-long closure

2013-09-25reopenedmedium

Bitcoin Wiki records that Bitcoin-Central relaunched on 2013-09-25 after being closed for roughly half a year.

Bitcoin-Central was renamed Paymium

2014-06-23rebrandedhigh

The Bitcoin-Central marketplace changed its name to Paymium on June 23, 2014, consolidating the exchange service and Paymium SAS under one brand while existing customer accounts and trading access continued.

Evidence

Bitcoin-Central

Bitcoin Wiki2025-12-01community_referencemedium reliabilitylaunch_datearchive

Bitcoin-Central, first exchange licensed to operate with a bank. This is HUGE

Bitcointalk2012-12-06community_referencemedium reliabilityeventarchive

Bitcoin-Central relaunch discussion

Bitcointalk2013-09-28community_referencelow reliabilityeventarchive

Bitcoin-Central discontinued-services notice

Bitcoin Wiki2025-12-01community_referencemedium reliabilitystatusarchive

Archive index for the former Bitcoin-Central site

Internet Archive2026-04-29archive_capturemedium reliabilityurl_historyarchive

Currency exchange list / Bitcoin-Central context

Bitcoin Wiki2020-01-01database_referencelow reliabilityentityarchive

Bitcoin-Central devient Paymium

Bitcoin.fr2014-06-23news_articlehigh reliabilityeventarchive

Paymium company history

Paymium—official_statementhigh reliabilityownershiparchive

Related records

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Notes and record state

Record note

HEI now models Bitcoin-Central as rebranded rather than merely inactive. Contemporary transition messaging states that the Bitcoin-Central marketplace became Paymium on 2014-06-23 and that customer accounts and trading services continued under the Paymium name. successor_id remains null until Paymium is represented by a canonical entity.

Revision state

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