Bitcoin History

The History of Bitcoin:

• 1,000 BTC Private Key Challenge
• A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
• Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree
• Bitcoin Holiday Calendar
• Buttcoin Subreddit Opportunity Cost Tracker
• cryptoanarchy.wiki
• Complete History of Consensus Forks
• Dead Altcoins
• An Examination of 2008 Draft Bitcoin Code
• A History of Bitcoin Maximalism
• Historical Literature (work that preceded Bitcoin)
• History of Narratives
• History from Cypherpunks to JP Morgan
• History of Development
• History Timeline 2
• History Timeline 3 (prehistory)
• History Timeline 4 (epic visuals)
• Meme Archive
• Meme Archive 2
• Past, Present, Future (in-depth article)
• Premature Deaths
• Premature Obituaries
• The Rise of the Cypherpunks
• Timechain Calendar
• WORDS (archive of important posts)

Logs & Transcripts:

• Bitcoin Core Dev IRC Logs (AJ Towns)
• Bitcoin Core Dev IRC Logs (Chaincode)
• Bitcoin Core Dev IRC Logs (gnusha)
• IRC Meeting Summaries (2015 - 2018)
• IRC Meetings (2020 - Present)
• Bitcoin Wizards IRC Logs
• Transcripts
• Transcripts (Brian Bishop)
• Transcripts (Stephen Chow)

Satoshi Nakamoto:

• Complete Writings of Satoshi Nakamoto
• Original Announcement Email Thread
• Satoshi Emails with Martti Malmi
• Satoshi Emails with Mike Hearn
• Satoshi's Mined Blocks
• Satoshi's Posts

Security Incidents:

• Comprehensive List of Hacks
• Documented Physical Attacks
• Exchange Graveyard
• Timeline of Exchange Hacks
• Timeline of Hardware Wallet Hacks

Books:

• American Kingpin (Silk Road)
• Bitcoin Billionaires
• The Blocksize War
• The Book of Satoshi
• Digital Gold
• The Genesis Book (prehistory)
• Silk Road Takedown

Scaling Debate:

• What is the Block Size Limit?
• Early History of Scaling Debate
• Capacity Increases (Gregory Maxwell)
• The Long Road to SegWit
• Could SPV Support a Billion Users?
• Jameson Lopp vs Roger Ver Scaling Debate
• Hundreds of links to discussions