Topic: Bitcoin 2008/09-2024 History Paperback/Hardcover Book (Read 416 times)

Make sure you also include a section for the 2022-present "environmental drama" caused by environment activists (and Ripple's ex-CEO) and the fight against them such as https://bitcoincleanup.com (mine) and https://notonmynode.bitcoinreserve.com/ .

(side note: I wish Bitcoin Reserve accepted US persons. I like their OTC service, but I can't use it for this reason. )

There will be a hardcover version

It is my intention to write in an objective manner including positives and negatives. I’m confident I can do a great job. I don’t mind if community members wish to have their name in the book. The more support I receive, the better the outcome + quality. I’ve taken this on by myself.

Thanks for your support.

A great idea and a very good effort. The book will be very interesting, especially for those who do not know much about the history of Bitcoin. As a writer, you have to write impartially. I mean to write the historical facts as they are. In other words, you have to write the positive as well as the negative things, if any.

With regard to the donation issue, I do not think that there is a problem with it, and it should not be understood as begging. This is a great effort, and whoever wants to donate, there is no problem, but in my opinion it is not necessary to write the names of all donors.

Here is a link showing how the interior of the Bitcoin 2008-2024 history book looks and feels:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y5r_XVr54sn3Z86wUR2W2MwwluCwTM16/view?usp=share_link

I hope the layout gives you an insight into what I'm trying to achieve over the next couple of years.  I look forward to support from the community as I progress with the first draft.  I have already collated hundreds of pages of notes relevant to BTC historical events.  I won't compromise on the layout, especially 16 pages per year.

If anyone has feedback, please fire away!

Currently writing first draft of Chapter 2008/09 titled 'Bitcoin Genesis Is Born':

Please respond by giving your experience with crypto exchange platforms in 2010, 2011 and 2012. I know the major exchanges allowing BTC trading, but I may have overlooked others.

thanks

I’ll do my best to include as much related BTC history as possible. It cannot be an endless chronicle. I’m determined to write ✍️ something great.

I don't know, ask them. They don't have SSL. If it's too much of a big issue for you, use Tor.

Why would I point a web browser to a site without using SSL/TLS?

Host Alice > plain text > Host Bob?

Here's what I suggest you include: mailing lists, forum posts, whitepaper, bitcoin.org, first transaction / exchange / merchants who accepted it / lightweight wallet software, the overflow bug exploit, and later on block wars and lightning.

Check this out too: http://historyofbitcoin.org/

Hi Tyke,

Great idea! I'd love to purchase a hardcover book on this topic for my library. I do have a couple of suggestions, though. Have you considered including a chapter on academic research and another on the experiences and posts of users in the bitcointalk community? It would be interesting to explore topics like the popular term "Shitcoin" and the concept of forks in more detail 

for the academic chapter I would suggest the paper published at the Association for Computing Machinery - ACM called "Bitcoin Pedigree"


Cite Them Right Harvard Referencing

and the post "HODL"

Best.

Would you like to include the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto into your book?  I will give it to you for free, just write something about the unfortunate events resulting in demise of a little green troll in bitcointalk.org forum. Deal?

Here you go:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Matsuoka
Ignore my information at your own risk. He is using his super computer to find the puzzle bitcoins, incase you didn't know, Satoshi is a dragon hoarding bitcoins.🤑😂

Who remembers the top BTC exchange platforms in 2011? Please give your accounts and experience using them below.

I included other altcoin hashtags because I wrote history books for those respective blockchains. I’ve been an active crypto historian since 2014.

The longer you wait for something, the more you’ll appreciate it when it gets done. Anything worth having is definitely worth the wait 

Yes, each yearly chapter will have a chapter title.

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These are the opening chapter pages:

https://mobile.twitter.com/CryptoBooksAlt/status/1613511865270779904

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take your time. no rush

but when you are ready post some summary. like chapter names of certain thing. not years(thats boring) but summary of content. like some little quotes or exerts

you know little preview to tug at the purse strings of wanting to read more(by buying) the book
dont just call each chapter Year 2008
dangle us a hook of intriguing content to spark our interest to want to read more

there are some of us that know all the history. but if we can see something thats well written that sounds more like a novel rather than a list of calendar date events with witness(observation) statements, the more you might get wanting to read it

as for the hopes of a hardback.. well dont try seeking to go get it published by mainstream
find a private publisher to help your design your book for private print of first editions

then let that be your advert for a publisher to make second editions for mainstream

Thank you for the list of milestones. I’m aware of most of them, but others I haven’t heard about. I’m bound to find out more as I progress with the write-up.

I’ve structured the book  in such a way that each chapter covers a single year. Each year has 16 pages including 10 major event pages (1 major event per page), 2 pages other events, summary page, price-metrics page, chart page and the initial title page.

(I’m typing this quickly on my phone, so please ask questions if uncertain about my intentions)

There will be a sufficient number of pages before the yearly chapters to document features of Bitcoin and define key principles.

Ultimately, it will become clearer as time goes by how the book interior will evolve. I hope the community supports me as I continue progress (initial research took 3-4 months).

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I will post progress including page previews on this thread as time goes by. If I don’t post regularly, it means I’m busy writing ✍️

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if you included all networks that pretended to be bitcoin. your book would be 3000 pages long

i know you dont want to publish it for review because you want people to buy the book to read it.. but how about a chapter list with a summary/exert per chapter to see if your book is atleast on the right lines

main things to have (not exact order, just going by memory)

satoshis whitepaper, satoshis first block (genesis(going live))
and first payment to another dev(hal)
first difficulty change (competition ramps up)
  -which causes cost increase(first signs of price discovery)
bitcoin pizza deal
first exchange
change of lead maintainer. satoshi-gavin
first ATH
first legal merchants
-alpaca socks
-bitcoin cupcakes
new features like multisig
  -allowing for multi party 'trusts'/'joint account' concepts
change of regulatory view (legally recognised as currency)
first halving
second ATH
some exchange drama (mtgox)
change of lead maintainer. gavin-wlad
some core drama
some softening of consensus
core contentions drama
more features added
change of regulatory view (legally recognised as asset currency)
some core drama
-legal disputes (scammers vs bitcoin influencers)
change of regulatory view (legally recognised as commodity currency)
-legal disputes (scammers vs bitcoin influencers)
more softening of consensus
a [feature/flaw] added
core contentions drama