About this project

I was introduced to Bitcoin at a time when, like most people, I felt that I had arrived late to the party. Little did I know then, that I was actually much earlier than most. My introduction came through a Wired Magazine article titled The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin. Maybe it was simply good timing. Interest in Bitcoin was on the rise again when I read it. However, I suspect that even if the price had been stagnant and the hype gone quiet, the subject would have caught my attention just the same.

As time went on, I found myself repeatedly wondering about when certain events had happened; a hack, a regulatory announcement, a halving, a price run, an exchange collapse. I began realizing how difficult it was to find those details organized in one clear, reliable place. The more I searched, the more I realized that while Bitcoin's code and network preserve an immutable record of transactions; its story, the human side of its history, was scattered, fragmented, and easily lost to time.

When I first became interested in Bitcoin, the culture surrounding it felt very different than it does today. The tone, the people, the energy; all of it has evolved. Gone are the days of sending a money order through ZipZap on a red phone inside Walgreens to BitInstant, waiting and hoping that funds would appear on an account at Mt. Gox. (Thank you, Charlie Shrem and Roger Ver, for helping make those early experiments possible.) Things have changed. Not necessarily for better or worse, just changed. And as those early quirks and rituals fade from memory, I've come to appreciate how much of Bitcoin's living history can quietly disappear if it isn't actively preserved.

There's a saying: If you don't remember where you've been, you don't know where you're going. I think that applies perfectly here. Bitcoin's story is more than charts and code. It's a reflection of ideas, communities, and conflicts that have shaped a movement far beyond money itself. With this project, I wanted to document those moments. The milestones, missteps, innovations, and inflection points in a way that's factual, chronological, and accessible to anyone who wants to understand how we got here.

This website is my way of doing that. It's not an attempt to tell the story from any single point of view, but rather to provide a timeline, a factual backbone, that anyone can explore and interpret for themselves. My hope is that it helps people see Bitcoin's history as something alive, something human, and something worth remembering.

If you notice that I've missed an event, or if any information could be improved, please reach out through the contact page so I can make corrections or additions. Likewise, if you have suggestions for how the material could be better organized or presented, I welcome your ideas. This project is meant to grow over time, just as Bitcoin itself continues to evolve.