Bitcoin Wiki
Explore the Bitcoin ecosystem — organizations, projects, people, books, and events that shape Bitcoin.
Featured Articles
Non-profit organization founded in 2012 to standardize, protect and promote Bitcoin.
Company building Lightning Network infrastructure including LND and Loop.
The reference implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, maintained by a global community of open-source developers.
A Layer 2 payment protocol built on top of Bitcoin enabling instant, low-cost transactions through a network of payment channels.
Argentine Bitcoin and open-source community fostering education, development, and circular economy adoption in Buenos Aires and across Latin America.
Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin who published the whitepaper in 2008 and launched the network in 2009.
Cryptographer, cypherpunk, and recipient of the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto.
Seminal book by Saifedean Ammous analyzing Bitcoin through the lens of Austrian economics and monetary history.
Comprehensive technical guide by Andreas Antonopoulos covering Bitcoin protocol, cryptography, and development.
The world's largest Bitcoin conference held annually in Nashville, featuring industry leaders, developers, and enthusiasts.
Bitcoin-only conference held in Riga, Latvia, known for its technical focus and cypherpunk ethos.
The Bitcoin Wiki by Mapping Bitcoin is a comprehensive knowledge base covering 38 entries across 6 categories: organizations, projects, communities, people, books, and events that shape the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Organizations
Corporations and companies building Bitcoin infrastructure and services.
- Bitcoin Foundation — Non-profit organization founded in 2012 to standardize, protect and promote Bitcoin.
- Lightning Labs — Company building Lightning Network infrastructure including LND and Loop.
- Blockstream — Bitcoin technology company focused on sidechains, satellite, and mining infrastructure.
- Strike — Bitcoin payments app enabling instant global transfers over the Lightning Network.
- Xapo — Bitcoin custodian and private bank founded by Wences Casares, offering secure storage and banking services for Bitcoin holders.
Projects
Open-source projects and protocols powering the Bitcoin network.
- Bitcoin Core — The reference implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, maintained by a global community of open-source developers.
- Lightning Network — A Layer 2 payment protocol built on top of Bitcoin enabling instant, low-cost transactions through a network of payment channels.
- BTCPay Server — Open-source, self-hosted Bitcoin payment processor for merchants and businesses.
- Mapping Bitcoin — Open-source platform mapping Bitcoin-accepting businesses worldwide with multilingual directory, merchant verification, and real-time data from OpenStreetMap.
- Nostr Web of Trust — Open-source tool for exploring and visualizing trust networks on the Nostr protocol, enabling decentralized identity and reputation discovery.
Communities
Bitcoin communities, meetup groups, and local organizations fostering adoption and education.
- La Crypta — Argentine Bitcoin and open-source community fostering education, development, and circular economy adoption in Buenos Aires and across Latin America.
People
Key individuals who have shaped Bitcoin's history and development.
- Satoshi Nakamoto — Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin who published the whitepaper in 2008 and launched the network in 2009.
- Hal Finney — Cryptographer, cypherpunk, and recipient of the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto.
- Adam Back — Cryptographer, inventor of Hashcash, and CEO of Blockstream.
- Elizabeth Stark — Co-founder and CEO of Lightning Labs, advocate for Bitcoin scalability through the Lightning Network.
- Jack Dorsey — Co-founder of Twitter and Block (formerly Square), vocal Bitcoin advocate and investor.
- Gavin Andresen — Early Bitcoin developer chosen by Satoshi Nakamoto to lead Bitcoin Core development, founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation.
- Jack Mallers — Founder and CEO of Strike, pioneer in Lightning Network payments and Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador.
- Andreas M. Antonopoulos — Author, speaker, and one of the most influential Bitcoin educators, known for "Mastering Bitcoin" and "The Internet of Money" series.
- Wences Casares — Argentine technology entrepreneur, founder of Xapo, and early Bitcoin evangelist who introduced Bitcoin to Silicon Valley executives.
- Lyn Alden — Macroeconomist, investment strategist, and author of "Broken Money," known for her rigorous analysis of Bitcoin within the context of global monetary systems.
- Leon Acosta — Software developer and Bitcoin advocate, founder of Mapping Bitcoin and Nostr Web of Trust, building open-source tools for Bitcoin adoption and decentralized identity.
- Saifedean Ammous — Economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard, known for applying Austrian economics to analyze Bitcoin and fiat monetary systems.
- Nicolas Dorier — Software developer and creator of BTCPay Server, who built the open-source payment processor in response to BitPay's support for SegWit2x.
- Eric Voskuil — Bitcoin developer, author of Cryptoeconomics, and lead developer of Libbitcoin, an alternative full-node implementation focused on cryptoeconomic principles.
- Nathaniel Popper — New York Times journalist and author of Digital Gold, a definitive narrative account of Bitcoin's early history and the colorful characters who shaped it.
Books
Essential books about Bitcoin, its technology, economics, and philosophy.
- The Bitcoin Standard — Seminal book by Saifedean Ammous analyzing Bitcoin through the lens of Austrian economics and monetary history.
- Mastering Bitcoin — Comprehensive technical guide by Andreas Antonopoulos covering Bitcoin protocol, cryptography, and development.
- The Blocksize War — Jonathan Bier's account of the Bitcoin block size debate, documenting the battle for Bitcoin's soul between 2015-2017.
- Bitcoin Whitepaper — The foundational nine-page paper by Satoshi Nakamoto that introduced Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
- The Internet of Money — A collection of talks by Andreas M. Antonopoulos exploring why Bitcoin matters beyond just technology — covering its social, political, and economic implications.
- Mastering the Lightning Network — A comprehensive technical guide by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, and René Pickhardt covering the Lightning Network protocol and its applications.
- Broken Money — Lyn Alden's comprehensive analysis of why the global monetary system is broken and how Bitcoin offers a path toward sound money in the digital age.
- The Fiat Standard — Saifedean Ammous's follow-up to The Bitcoin Standard, analyzing the fiat monetary system's mechanics, costs, and consequences for civilization.
- Digital Gold — Nathaniel Popper's narrative history of Bitcoin, tracing the cryptocurrency from its cypherpunk origins through its first major boom, told through the stories of the key figures who built it.
Events
Major Bitcoin conferences, meetups, and gatherings around the world.
- Bitcoin 2024 — The world's largest Bitcoin conference held annually in Nashville, featuring industry leaders, developers, and enthusiasts.
- Baltic Honeybadger — Bitcoin-only conference held in Riga, Latvia, known for its technical focus and cypherpunk ethos.
- Adopting Bitcoin — Conference focused on Bitcoin adoption and the Lightning Network, held in El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.