[READ] Bitcoin history from 2008 to 2016!

[Tyke]

As promised, here is the PDF document showing chapters 2008/09 to 2016 (still have the summary pages to complete):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M8z4M4oV4WC_aIGWkn-tO_T7Nkllj47C/view?usp=sharing

Please leave comments, feedback and suggestions for improvement in this thread.  The current thread for the book is:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5475400.0



I will strive to finish the chapters for 2017 to 30th June 2024 (nearly 50% complete) by this summer.  Please show generosity and donate to help me complete the Bitcoin History 2008-2024 book by 12th September 2024:

$BTC bc1qktyzg2atx5paka2x64pxdwg54u7m2yn3cu2qxy

$LTC ltc1qz8jqkhy264q3mdjkjzsve7er25qdnmmvxt96lr

$ETH 0x125288bAf499e26259f8E2aC6FC5fE1491aBa9c2

$DOGE DRj7PWEz5zxHc5ptkTBapKjCrxQU75CB6q

$XRP r9LbXGJ9HCdwvAhKWJJLihSd8612xHybv7

With sufficient help, I know the book will be completed by September 2024.  Thank you in advance for your support and feedback.

UPDATE: 18/04/2024

Great news!

I'm still making constructive progress.  Currently I'm completing chapter 2019, which I hope will be finished within the next week.  

The screenshots are thumbnails of pages 178 to 214 covering January 2017 to March 2019:

Please support the book if you can.  There is only myself who has spent over one year writing it.  

P.S. If you donate at least US$10, you will have your name/alias listed in the book!

[Tyke]

[Reserved]

[Tyke]

Please say if you have begun to read some of the PDF document

[criptoevangelista]

Very good... I downloaded it and I'm going to start reading, the work is beautiful and it seems incredible... I'm going to read it and then come back here to tell you what I thought.

Is there a possibility of having a physical version?

[Tyke]

Very good... I downloaded it and I'm going to start reading, the work is beautiful and it seems incredible... I'm going to read it and then come back here to tell you what I thought.

Is there a possibility of having a physical version?

The link shows 2008 to 2016. The full 2008 to 2024 physical book will be self-published in September 2024.

[348Judah]

This is a very good and impressive effort in creating a physical reading material on bitcoin for the use of everyone interested in learning through the past history of bitcoin, i want to believe that when the whole chapters have been completed, it's going to be still available for anyone to download free, because it requires a lot of time and writing down a book and not only that, you will also need a financial contribution towards the success of the project, i wish you the very best of luck till the launch is fully achieved.

[Tyke]

This is a very good and impressive effort in creating a physical reading material on bitcoin for the use of everyone interested in learning through the past history of bitcoin, i want to believe that when the whole chapters have been completed, it's going to be still available for anyone to download free, because it requires a lot of time and writing down a book and not only that, you will also need a financial contribution towards the success of the project, i wish you the very best of luck till the launch is fully achieved.

Thank you for replying. Only a few people have financially supported my work. I have made the 2008 to 2016 period freely available for the community in order for some to gain an insight into what the complete book will look like.

The Bitcoin community has become more selfish, unfortunately, over the last several years. I hope some prove me wrong, and support great projects in the community. Life is about making things a reality.

I have 5-6 months to complete the book.

[Tyke]

Who knows more about Bitcoin after reading the above 128 pages (2008 to 2016)?

I look forward to feedback and hopefully community support.

[philipma1957]

I read 2008 to 2009 some info  was new to me thanks.

[btc78]

The fact that you are just posting the book here for free is impressive 

It is definitely helpful to have basically a history book but for bitcoin. I know many beginners lose optimism and interest for bitcoin because they feel overwhelmed and lost. They can’t figure out where to find specific information so to have everything here all in one is definitely game changer!

Can’t wait for the rest of the book and good luck to the rest of your journey!

[Reatim]

I hope this book of yours gets published all over the world.

Learning the history of bitcoin would be very helpful in trying to predict the future. For us investors and traders, history is and always has been our basis. It is basically our fundamental step in investing: learning and analyzing its history. Truly informative and inspiring book. I wish you all the success and all the support from the community.

[Tyke]

I hope this book of yours gets published all over the world.

Learning the history of bitcoin would be very helpful in trying to predict the future. For us investors and traders, history is and always has been our basis. It is basically our fundamental step in investing: learning and analyzing its history. Truly informative and inspiring book. I wish you all the success and all the support from the community.

Definitely. The book will be published on Amazon in September 2024. Thank you for your motivational support.

[Tyke]

I read 2008 to 2009 some info  was new to me thanks.

You're welcome.

[Tyke]

The fact that you are just posting the book here for free is impressive 

It is definitely helpful to have basically a history book but for bitcoin. I know many beginners lose optimism and interest for bitcoin because they feel overwhelmed and lost. They can’t figure out where to find specific information so to have everything here all in one is definitely game changer!

Can’t wait for the rest of the book and good luck to the rest of your journey!

Thank you for your praise

[Tyke]

Please retweet & like:

https://twitter.com/CryptoBooksAlt/status/1774946379585995173

[iolo_the_bard]

Really enjoying this.

Cleanly written and it doesn't get bogged down in minutia.

[Tyke]

Really enjoying this.

Cleanly written and it doesn't get bogged down in minutia.

I'm glad you like it 

[SickDayIn]

I'm about 1/4 of the way through this book and I definitely agree that it is important that anyone involved in Bitcoin has a full understanding of it's origin and associated timelines. I have been involved in Bitcoin for a long time and thought I was very familiar with key events, but I wanted to share a snippet of some new things that I learnt and took notes on, so others can read it and hopefully be inspired to read the book themselves:

(1) Satoshi disappeared from BitcoinTalk forum in December 2010, ~2-3 days after an article was released by PC world on WikiLeaks potentially adopting BTC as an option for donations (Page 77).

(2) Gavin Anderson had accepted to speak at the CIA on Bitcoin, and told Satoshi by email and BitcoinTalk forum about this on 27th April 2011. Satoshi's last communication was earlier that week on 23rd April 2011 to Gavin (Page 86).

(3) I had no idea the role Silk Road played in the price increase for Bitcoin from $1 USD in Feb 2011 to $31.91 in June 2011.

(4) The BTC fiat price increased by 41,683% in 2010.

(5) I completely forgot about the "value overflow incident" for Bitcoin code CVE-2010-5139 which due to a bug created 92 billion BTC (Page 73), but was removed with a soft fork.

So many lessons from reading this, thank you.

[Tyke]

I'm about 1/4 of the way through this book and I definitely agree that it is important that anyone involved in Bitcoin has a full understanding of it's origin and associated timelines. I have been involved in Bitcoin for a long time and thought I was very familiar with key events, but I wanted to share a snippet of some new things that I learnt and took notes on, so others can read it and hopefully be inspired to read the book themselves:

(1) Satoshi disappeared from BitcoinTalk forum in December 2010, ~2-3 days after an article was released by PC world on WikiLeaks potentially adopting BTC as an option for donations (Page 77).

(2) Gavin Anderson had accepted to speak at the CIA on Bitcoin, and told Satoshi by email and BitcoinTalk forum about this on 27th April 2011. Satoshi's last communication was earlier that week on 23rd April 2011 to Gavin (Page 86).

(3) I had no idea the role Silk Road played in the price increase for Bitcoin from $1 USD in Feb 2011 to $31.91 in June 2011.

(4) The BTC fiat price increased by 41,683% in 2010.

(5) I completely forgot about the "value overflow incident" for Bitcoin code CVE-2010-5139 which due to a bug created 92 billion BTC (Page 73), but was removed with a soft fork.

So many lessons from reading this, thank you.

Thank you. I have learnt things whilst putting it together

[iolo_the_bard]

Sent some dog money -- keep up the good work.

I wish had some constructive feedback, but so far I'm just enjoying it all, especially the side-bars.

Fun fact: I interviewed for Jed McCaleb, but on his earlier project, eDonkey2000. He's a sharp guy.

[Tyke]

Sent some dog money -- keep up the good work.

I wish had some constructive feedback, but so far I'm just enjoying it all, especially the side-bars.

Fun fact: I interviewed for Jed McCaleb, but on his earlier project, eDonkey2000. He's a sharp guy.

Superb yes, the side-bars are useful for extra info or quotes.

[Tyke]

Who knows more about Bitcoin after reading the above 128 pages (2008 to 2016)?

I look forward to feedback and hopefully community support.

[hd49728]

Who knows more about Bitcoin after reading the above 128 pages (2008 to 2016)?

I look forward to feedback and hopefully community support.

I did not read your book but I saw you give us a downloadable version from Google Drive.

I think it is risky for your work as the PDF version on Google Drive is no Watermarked. Do you think of risk that your hard work will be stolen by someone else because it's hard to prove ownership of the book.

Did you register any Copyrights for the book, not yet published?

Add a Watermark to the downloadable version is not bad idea.

[Tyke]

Who knows more about Bitcoin after reading the above 128 pages (2008 to 2016)?

I look forward to feedback and hopefully community support.

I did not read your book but I saw you give us a downloadable version from Google Drive.

I think it is risky for your work as the PDF version on Google Drive is no Watermarked. Do you think of risk that your hard work will be stolen by someone else because it's hard to prove ownership of the book.

Did you register any Copyrights for the book, not yet published?

Add a Watermark to the downloadable version is not bad idea.

It is not the full book. I am the kind of person who shares resources with the community, not expecting anything in return. It encourages others to be generous too.

[Maus0728]

Congratulations on this work, I'm planning to read it but there's these things irl that I've got to focus on that makes me not sure that I'd be able to do it, I might donate someday soon but not right now given that I have some needs, I will link this book to my crypto groups outside the forum though, helps that you're getting more visibility.

[Tyke]

Congratulations on this work, I'm planning to read it but there's these things irl that I've got to focus on that makes me not sure that I'd be able to do it, I might donate someday soon but not right now given that I have some needs, I will link this book to my crypto groups outside the forum though, helps that you're getting more visibility.

Thank you

[Stepstowealth]

...

I appreciate good work when I see it and what I would like to encourage is that you do this as a legacy to your name. Your children and future generations will always make reference to this book upon completion and publication as this speaks about the future and history of the worlds first and most valued coin, Bitcoin.
Also, am hoping this book be published both as pdf and hardcopy. More power to your elbows.

[alastantiger]

Who knows more about Bitcoin after reading the above 128 pages (2008 to 2016)?

I look forward to feedback and hopefully community support.

I really like what you have done. You did an in depth research into bitcoin and left no stone unturned. The inclusion of sidebars and concise notes throughout the book creates an engaging conversational tone, as if I'm in dialogue with a you as you take your readers through the fascinating journey. Imagine the book to have up to 1000 pages because as at page 128 were are still in the early years of bitcoin. I thank you. Kindly do well to copyright your book.

[Tyke]

...

I appreciate good work when I see it and what I would like to encourage is that you do this as a legacy to your name. Your children and future generations will always make reference to this book upon completion and publication as this speaks about the future and history of the worlds first and most valued coin, Bitcoin.
Also, am hoping this book be published both as pdf and hardcopy. More power to your elbows.

The book will be in paperback and hardcover versions (release scheduled for September 2024).

[Tyke]

Who knows more about Bitcoin after reading the above 128 pages (2008 to 2016)?

I look forward to feedback and hopefully community support.

I really like what you have done. You did an in depth research into bitcoin and left no stone unturned. The inclusion of sidebars and concise notes throughout the book creates an engaging conversational tone, as if I'm in dialogue with a you as you take your readers through the fascinating journey. Imagine the book to have up to 1000 pages because as at page 128 were are still in the early years of bitcoin. I thank you. Kindly do well to copyright your book.

Only 300 pages

[hd49728]

It is not the full book. I am the kind of person who shares resources with the community, not expecting anything in return. It encourages others to be generous too.

I understand your idea and it is good to share but you will feel bad if someone steal your intelligent products even you are ready to share at start.

On 18th August 2008, a helpful and trusted educational resource located
at the www.bitcoin.org domain address was registered at 13:19:55 UTC. It
was registered and originally owned by Satoshi Nakamoto and Martti
Malmi (alias sirius) who are known as the first two developers of the
Bitcoin code protocol. A service in Japan called AnonymousSpeech was
used allowing domain addresses to be anonymously bought .

I think it is better if you use "Bitcoin Protocol".

When Satoshi Nakamoto left the project in April 2011

Satoshi Nakamoto left the forum on December 13, 2010, 04:45:41 PM but he left the Bitcoin community and this project on 26 Apr 2011, 10:29

Reference from his last email to Gavin Andresen.
https://gavinandresen.ninja/eleven-years-ago-today
https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/gavin-andresen/1/
You can add extra information about date of his disappearance on Bitcointalk forum and date of his last email.

[Tyke]

It is not the full book. I am the kind of person who shares resources with the community, not expecting anything in return. It encourages others to be generous too.

I understand your idea and it is good to share but you will feel bad if someone steal your intelligent products even you are ready to share at start.

On 18th August 2008, a helpful and trusted educational resource located
at the www.bitcoin.org domain address was registered at 13:19:55 UTC. It
was registered and originally owned by Satoshi Nakamoto and Martti
Malmi (alias sirius) who are known as the first two developers of the
Bitcoin code protocol. A service in Japan called AnonymousSpeech was
used allowing domain addresses to be anonymously bought .

I think it is better if you use "Bitcoin Protocol".

When Satoshi Nakamoto left the project in April 2011

Satoshi Nakamoto left the forum on December 13, 2010, 04:45:41 PM but he left the Bitcoin community and this project on 26 Apr 2011, 10:29

Reference from his last email to Gavin Andresen.
https://gavinandresen.ninja/eleven-years-ago-today
https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/gavin-andresen/1/
You can add extra information about date of his disappearance on Bitcointalk forum and date of his last email.

Thank you for the info

[iolo_the_bard]

Just finished the first half - a fascinating read.

Looking forward to purchasing the full book.

Hoping for more history on the variants that came from the block size war (noting that you've only released up to 2016).

Some feedback:

• In my view, some of the fiat-price history data points could be removed, maybe 10% of them.
• I'm not sure about the vertical end-of-year fiat price charts
• All the screenshots are great - of now defunct websites etc. Maybe more screenshots of the bitcoin client, etc? A screenshot what it looked like to mine a block?

[Tyke]

Just finished the first half - a fascinating read.

Looking forward to purchasing the full book.

Hoping for more history on the variants that came from the block size war (noting that you've only released up to 2016).

Some feedback:

• In my view, some of the fiat-price history data points could be removed, maybe 10% of them.
• I'm not sure about the vertical end-of-year fiat price charts
• All the screenshots are great - of now defunct websites etc. Maybe more screenshots of the bitcoin client, etc? A screenshot what it looked like to mine a block?

I have doubts on how the yearly chart pages look. I'll give it some thought 

[Tyke]

Who knows more about Bitcoin after reading the above 128 pages (2008 to 2016)?

I look forward to feedback and hopefully community support.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Who knows more about Bitcoin after reading the above 128 pages (2008 to 2016)?

I look forward to feedback and hopefully community support.

I definitely commend your effort in dedicating the time and putting in the effort to start and complete a project of this sort just to immortalize BTC and yourself as the author for centuries to come.
Am sure many people will have had such an idea but am seeing yours as more comprehensive and indepth as it should because you actually belong to the right community and have access to first rate information.

[Tyke]

Who knows more about Bitcoin after reading the above 128 pages (2008 to 2016)?

I look forward to feedback and hopefully community support.

I definitely commend your effort in dedicating the time and putting in the effort to start and complete a project of this sort just to immortalize BTC and yourself as the author for centuries to come.
Am sure many people will have had such an idea but am seeing yours as more comprehensive and indepth as it should because you actually belong to the right community and have access to first rate information.

There is still much more do do before September 2024. It has not been an easy journey, but the challenge writing was worth it.

[Tyke]

Follow me on X if you have not already: https://twitter.com/CryptoBooksAlt

I will try to post more regular updates as I go forward.

[Tyke]

Bitcoin history pages from inception to October 2018 fully complete. I anticipate 2008-2019 complete this month.

Other yearly chapters are currently in annotatee draft format. I look forward to finishing 2020-2023 by the end of June 2024.

Please send feedback on the 2008-2016 content, and don't forget to support my efforts (read opening post). I will do my utmost, whilst working full-time hours for my day job, to finish the book in the summer.

Thank you to all those who have already donated to the book. All your names/aliases will be listed in the book.

[SickDayIn]

I know you have mentioned that you plan to write the book to cover up until the 2024 period and will release in September this year. Given that you originally started writing this book a few years ago, I imagine the "final year" to be included in the book has actually slowly increased. Do you think that once you publish the book in 2024, you will make continual annual.updates?

[Tyke]

I know you have mentioned that you plan to write the book to cover up until the 2024 period and will release in September this year. Given that you originally started writing this book a few years ago, I imagine the "final year" to be included in the book has actually slowly increased. Do you think that once you publish the book in 2024, you will make continual annual.updates?

No plans yet to release annual updates.

[oguprice]

Knowing the beginning of a thing gives one more idea about it, this is a very wonderful project which will help enlighten people more about Bitcoin and encourage them to invest in it, history is very important in life it gives one the knowledge of how a thing started and were is going, if this project of your's is established which I believe will be, it will give Bitcoin a new face of bigger success and establishment.
Your journey is a great one keep going.

[Tyke]

Knowing the beginning of a thing gives one more idea about it, this is a very wonderful project which will help enlighten people more about Bitcoin and encourage them to invest in it, history is very important in life it gives one the knowledge of how a thing started and were is going, if this project of your's is established which I believe will be, it will give Bitcoin a new face of bigger success and establishment.
Your journey is a great one keep going.

Thanks, I will keep going until it is finished

[Tyke]

Great news!

I'm still making constructive progress.  Currently I'm completing chapter 2019, which I hope will be finished within the next week.  

The screenshots are thumbnails of pages 178 to 214 covering January 2017 to March 2019:

Please support the book if you can.  There is only myself who has spent over one year writing it.  

P.S. If you donate at least US$10, you will have your name/alias listed in the book!

[Tyke]

Completed pages 50-225 (out of 300). Currently working on 2020 Bitcoin history pages.

[SickDayIn]

I know you have mentioned that you plan to write the book to cover up until the 2024 period and will release in September this year. Given that you originally started writing this book a few years ago, I imagine the "final year" to be included in the book has actually slowly increased. Do you think that once you publish the book in 2024, you will make continual annual.updates?

No plans yet to release annual updates.

Fair enough it's a very significant contribution of time. For your online printed release via Amazon, have you considered collaborating with any others from a marketing and advertising perspective to bring more attention to the book?

[Tyke]

I know you have mentioned that you plan to write the book to cover up until the 2024 period and will release in September this year. Given that you originally started writing this book a few years ago, I imagine the "final year" to be included in the book has actually slowly increased. Do you think that once you publish the book in 2024, you will make continual annual.updates?

No plans yet to release annual updates.

Fair enough it's a very significant contribution of time. For your online printed release via Amazon, have you considered collaborating with any others from a marketing and advertising perspective to bring more attention to the book?

I will see how things progress. There have been time and money constraints of me over the last couple of years. I do not think I've ate sufficiently either. My life has not been a bed of roses.

If anyone likes to help, it is highly appreciated.

[Tyke]

Currently putting together 'The Bitcoin History Book' 2008-2024 chapter covering 2020 milestones:



I think I'll still on course to complete the book by September 2024.  It seems that the next four months are going to be challenging due to limited time and financial resources.  

If you don't know, you can have your name/alias listed in the book for at least US$10 (see donation addresses in OP).  Over ten have already been listed, thank you.

[Tyke]

Happy to announce that 2017-2020 history chapters almost finished:

[bitpunkzy]

please tell me, can you tell me where to see BTC quotes www.bitcoinmarket.com from March 17, 2010?

[Tyke]

please tell me, can you tell me where to see BTC quotes www.bitcoinmarket.com from March 17, 2010?

I don't know exactly what you mean