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Origins · DOC·001Bitcoin Whitepaper
The nine-page design paper announced by Satoshi Nakamoto on 31 October 2008.
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Bitcoin history: from cypherpunks to global adoption
Trace Bitcoin from digital-cash experiments and the 2008 whitepaper through the Genesis Block, protocol milestones and nation-state adoption.
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Bitcoin did not appear in an intellectual vacuum. This path connects cryptographic research, cypherpunk ideas, Satoshi Nakamoto’s public record and the events that turned working code into a monetary network. Each milestone leads to a primary document or a source that can be independently checked.
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A curated path from first principles to the details that matter.
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Origins · BLK·0Genesis Block
Bitcoin’s first block, mined by Satoshi Nakamoto on 3 January 2009.
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Origins · CYPHCypherpunks
A movement that used cryptography and code to pursue privacy, autonomy and open digital systems.
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Origins · HCHashcash
Adam Back’s reusable proof-of-work concept, cited by the Bitcoin whitepaper.
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Origins · 10KBitcoin Pizza Day
The 22 May commemoration of a 2010 purchase of two pizzas for 10,000 BTC.
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Institutions · SV21El Salvador Bitcoin Law
The 2021 law that granted bitcoin legal-tender status alongside the U.S. dollar, later amended as policy evolved.
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