The Bitcoin Annotated

An annotated archive of bitcoin's cultural artifacts.

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

2008
Oct 31 The Whitepaper Document Foundational
2009
Jan 3 The Genesis Block Quote / Embedded artifact Foundational Jan 11 Running Bitcoin Tweet Foundational
2010
May 22 The Pizza Event / Transaction Foundational Nov 1 Bitcoin Orange Iconography Foundational
2011
Feb 1 Silk Road Marketplace Dormant Jun 19 The First Mt. Gox Hack Event Foundational
2013
Feb 18 Magic Internet Money Iconography / Image Living Mar 16 Cyprus Event Foundational Dec 18 HODL Catchphrase Foundational
2014
Feb 24 The Mt. Gox Collapse Fraud Foundational May 22 Bitcoin Pizza Day Holiday Living Jul 29 Trezor Hardware Foundational
2015
Jun 24 The BitLicense Regulation Living
2016
Jan 1 Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins Phrase Living Jan 14 The Lightning Network Whitepaper Document Living Jul 9 The Halving as Holiday Protocol Event Living Aug 2 The Bitfinex Hack Event Foundational
2017
Jun 20 The ₿ Symbol Iconography Foundational Jul 12 The Buy Bitcoin Sign Iconography / Event Foundational Aug 1 The Block Size Wars Protocol Dispute Foundational Aug 1 Bitcoin Twitter Institution Living
2018
Apr 24 The Bitcoin Standard Book Foundational
2019
Jun 15 Stay Humble, Stack Sats Phrase Living Jun 25 Number Go Up Phrase Living
2020
Aug 11 MicroStrategy's First Buy Corporate Action Living Sep 15 Have Fun Staying Poor Phrase Living Oct 8 Square's First Buy Corporate Action Living
2021
Feb 8 Tesla's $1.5 Billion Corporate Action Dormant Feb 16 Laser Eyes Iconography / Movement Foundational Apr 14 The Coinbase IPO Corporate Action Living May 21 The China Mining Ban Sovereign Action Foundational Jun 5 El Salvador Legal Tender Sovereign Action Living Jun 5 The Bitcoin 2021 Miami Stage Event Foundational Nov 10 The $69,000 Top Market Event Foundational
2022
May 9 The Terra/LUNA Collapse Fraud Foundational Nov 11 The FTX Collapse Fraud Foundational
2023
Jan 21 Ordinals Protocol Innovation Living
2024
Jan 10 The Spot ETF Approval Regulatory Action Foundational Jul 27 Trump at Bitcoin Nashville Political Event Foundational
2025
Mar 6 The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Sovereign Action Living