The only open-source literary history of Bitcoin -- bilingual, 36 chapters, 1976-2025, free forever.
| Link | |
|---|---|
| Read Online (Chinese) | beihaili.github.io/Stories-about-Bitcoin/zh/ |
| Read Online (English) | beihaili.github.io/Stories-about-Bitcoin/en/ |
| Download Ebook (PDF/EPUB) | GitHub Release v2.0 |
| Community | Discord (English) / WeChat (中文) |
| Support the Project | Lightning: latebrook396888@getalby.com / BTC: bc1qjt7uhztd2pumpx6p5w0sl8jxfzmxp3nyahysmcqklqfkecqftuysu733ca |
A bilingual (Chinese/English) Bitcoin history book written in literary narrative style, covering 1976 (Hayek's Denationalisation of Money) to 2025 (Bitcoin crosses $100K). 36 chapters across 9 periods, open source and free to read. The writing approach draws from Chinese web-novel storytelling (think Mo Yan meets Michael Lewis) -- history told as story, not textbook.
Table of Contents (36 chapters)
- 01 - 预言与失败 -- Hayek, Chaum, and early digital cash
- 02 - 密码朋克的技术拼图 -- Cypherpunks and the technical groundwork
- 03 - 危机与创世 -- 2008 financial crisis, the whitepaper, genesis block
- 04 - 第一个信徒 -- Hal Finney
- 05 - 社区与工具 -- BitcoinTalk, early ecosystem
- 06 - 价值发现 -- From worthless to worth something
- 07 - 第一次危机与修复 -- The value overflow bug and rollback
- 08 - 中本聪的神秘退场 -- Satoshi's departure
- 09 - 理想与现实的第一次碰撞 -- Silk Road
- 10 - Mt.Gox帝国的崛起 -- Rise of Mt. Gox
- 11 - 第一次泡沫 -- The first bubble and crash
- 12 - 算力革命 -- CPU to GPU mining
- 13 - 生态萌芽 -- Payment services, global adoption seeds
- 14 - 塞浦路斯时刻 -- Cyprus banking crisis
- 15 - 华盛顿的审视 -- US regulatory attention
- 16 - 中国政策过山车 -- China's policy swings
- 17 - Mt.Gox的覆灭 -- Fall of Mt. Gox
- 18 - 全球监管分化 -- Regulatory divergence worldwide
- 19 - 扩容争议萌芽 -- Block size debate begins
- 20 - 扩容战争白热化 -- Scaling war intensifies
- 21 - 比特币独立日 -- SegWit activation, BCH fork
- 22 - 价格狂欢与投机泡沫 -- $20K and the 2017 mania
- 23 - 机构觉醒的开端 -- Institutions start paying attention
- 24 - 新冠疫情下的避险转向 -- COVID and the digital gold narrative
- 25 - 机构入场里程碑 -- MicroStrategy, Tesla, and corporate treasuries
- 26 - 矿业大迁徙 -- China mining ban, global hashrate redistribution
- 27 - 萨尔瓦多先驱 -- El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as legal tender
- 28 - 地缘政治新变量 -- Bitcoin in geopolitics
- 29 - 信任再次破碎 -- FTX collapse
- 30 - ETF历史性突破 -- Spot ETF approval
- 31 - 大选与战略储备 -- 2024 US election and Bitcoin strategic reserve
- 32 - 十万美元突破 -- $100K
- 33 - 缺席的人 -- Pioneers who didn't live to see this
- 34 - 光未熄灭 -- Epilogue
- 特别篇：查理·柯克的比特币之路 -- In memory of Charlie Kirk
Translations, fact-checking, code improvements, and design work are all welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for setup instructions and guidelines.
Browse good first issues to get started.
# Website (React SPA)
cd new-website && npm install && npm run dev # localhost:5173
# Build zh/ from source chapters (正文/)
python3 scripts/build_zh.py
# Ebook (requires Pandoc + XeLaTeX)
python3 scripts/build_ebook.py zh # Chinese PDF + EPUB
python3 scripts/build_ebook.py en # English PDF + EPUB- Content (chapters, images): CC BY-SA 4.0
- Code (website, scripts): MIT