An annotated archive of bitcoin's cultural artifacts.

The memes, phrases, events, and iconography that built bitcoin culture. Researched, sourced, dated, annotated.

Genesis

Oct 31, 2008 The Whitepaper Document Foundational Jan 3, 2009 The Genesis Block Quote / Embedded artifact Foundational Jan 11, 2009 Running Bitcoin Tweet Foundational Feb 24, 2010 Bitcoin Orange Iconography Foundational May 22, 2010 The Pizza Event / Transaction Foundational

First Bull

Feb 1, 2011 Silk Road Marketplace Dormant Jun 19, 2011 The First Mt. Gox Hack Event Foundational Feb 18, 2013 Magic Internet Money Iconography / Image Living Mar 16, 2013 Cyprus Event Foundational Dec 18, 2013 HODL Catchphrase Foundational

Dark Forest

Feb 24, 2014 The Mt. Gox Collapse Fraud Foundational May 22, 2014 Bitcoin Pizza Day Holiday Living Jul 29, 2014 Trezor Hardware Foundational

2017 Run

Jun 20, 2017 The ₿ Symbol Iconography Foundational Jul 12, 2017 The Buy Bitcoin Sign Iconography / Event Foundational Aug 1, 2017 The Block Size Wars Protocol Dispute Foundational

The Long Wait

Jun 24, 2015 The BitLicense Regulation Living Jan 14, 2016 The Lightning Network Whitepaper Document Living Jul 9, 2016 The Halving as Holiday Protocol Event Living Aug 2, 2016 The Bitfinex Hack Event Foundational Aug 25, 2016 Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins Phrase Living

Pandemic Era

Aug 11, 2020 MicroStrategy's First Buy Corporate Action Living

Frauds

May 9, 2022 The Terra/LUNA Collapse Fraud Foundational Nov 11, 2022 The FTX Collapse Fraud Foundational

Institutional Takeover

Feb 8, 2021 Tesla's $1.5 Billion Corporate Action Dormant Feb 16, 2021 Laser Eyes Iconography / Movement Foundational Jun 5, 2021 El Salvador Legal Tender Sovereign Action Living Jan 10, 2024 The Spot ETF Approval Regulatory Action Foundational

Now

Jan 21, 2023 Ordinals Protocol Innovation Living Jul 27, 2024 Trump at Bitcoin Nashville Political Event Foundational Mar 6, 2025 The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Sovereign Action Living