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The Book of Satoshi

by Phil Champagne

Satoshi's collected writings, annotated — primary sources.

The honest summary

The Book of Satoshi collects nearly everything Bitcoin’s creator publicly wrote — the whitepaper, forum posts, and emails from 2008 to 2010 — arranged chronologically with brief context from Champagne. It is the closest thing to a primary-source archive between covers: Satoshi explaining the design, answering objections, fixing bugs, and deflecting questions about identity, in their own words.

The fascination is watching the system get argued into existence in real time: the fee-market reasoning, the 21 million choice, the famous bank-bailout timestamp, the quiet exit. Nothing is paraphrased, which makes it the antidote to a decade of “Satoshi believed…” claims — you can simply check.

It suits readers who prefer sources to summaries, and it is best used as a companion volume to dip into rather than read straight through. Our /history pages cite several of these posts; this is where to read them whole.

Quick answers

What is The Book of Satoshi about?
Satoshi's collected writings, annotated — primary sources. The Book of Satoshi collects nearly everything Bitcoin’s creator publicly wrote — the whitepaper, forum posts, and emails from 2008 to 2010 — arranged chronologically with brief context from Champagne. It is the closest thing to a primary-source archive between covers: Satoshi explaining the design, answering objections, fixing bugs, and deflecting questions about identity, in their own words.
Who should read The Book of Satoshi?
It suits readers who prefer sources to summaries, and it is best used as a companion volume to dip into rather than read straight through. Our /history pages cite several of these posts; this is where to read them whole.
Is The Book of Satoshi free to read?
The Book of Satoshi is a commercially published book — the link on this page goes to the author or publisher, never an affiliate storefront.

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