Notes from the curators, and guest essays published after review.
The BTC.com Museum is a neutral, non-commercial and free online museum of the history of Bitcoin and the wider blockchain world. Bitcoin's ledger has run without a break for seventeen years, but the stories around it are slowly slipping away. We built the museum to gather that history, explain it, and invite everyone to help write what comes next.
Five halls, a few exhibits worth trying for yourself, the Library and Data pages beyond the halls, and some suggested routes for your first visit. Afterwards, we hope you will help us build the museum too.
On October 31, 2008 (UTC), an email sent a nine-page paper to a cryptography mailing list, and it drew only a handful of replies. Eighteen years later, we walk through it section by section in plain language: the problem it set out to solve, the thinking behind each step, and three common misreadings. No technical background needed.
Many people have used crypto for years while relying almost entirely on centralized services. Starting from a class fund ledger, this article explains what decentralization replaces, what it costs, and four questions you can use to judge any claim of decentralization.
One man threw out a hard drive holding his keys. Another lost the slip of paper holding his hardware wallet PIN. Others clicked a fake "update" and watched their bitcoin disappear. There is no undo button for bitcoin. Whether you are new, about to buy, or already holding, this guide helps you check how safe you really are.
Share well-grounded observations and research. Accepted pieces are published with a full byline; widely recognized ones may also be added to the Library.
Write your piece as a single Markdown file (.md) and email it as an attachment to editorialoffice@btc.com, with the subject line “Submission | your title”. The editors will reply after review.
Start the file with the details below and divide the body with level-two headings. Cite key facts where they appear (footnotes or inline links), then list every source at the end. Attach any images as original files and say where they come from.
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Title:
Author: name or pen name
Affiliation: optional
Email:
Category: History / Technology / Security / Research / Culture (pick one)
Tags: 2–3 keywords
Abstract: up to 200 characters
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## Section heading
Body text… Cite the source right after each key fact, figure or quotation.[^1]
## Sources
[^1]: [Source name](https://example.com)