A personal independent initiative
Documenting Bitcoin since 2008
BITCOIN
Symbol storyWho drew the orange ₿?A living archive of stories
that could disappear
with the people who witnessed them.
museum ↗
No hype, forecasts or promises.
Just context and verifiable sources.
BTC sale → bank account
How to sell bitcoin
and see every fee.
Public Binance, Kraken and Gemini rates, an honest Coinbase note, and the complete route from self-custody to a bank account.
Binance maker · 0.10%Kraken maker · 0.40%Gemini maker · 0.60%
Open the guide What could we lose?
An open archive for everyone
What remains
of history
when its traces disappear?
Bitcoin has no single central archive. Its history is scattered across lines of code, old forums, damaged drives and human memory.
This project gathers those traces in one place—not for forecasts or grand promises, but to preserve the decisions, mistakes and first-hand experiences from which Bitcoin gradually emerged.
Enter the museum and discover what happened next ↓A new way to explore the archive
Enter the
story museum.
Six archive sections become museum rooms. Articles sit on shelves as books, while your visitor passport remembers every room you explore.
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Choose a room, open the first book—and decide which trace deserves to continue.
Enter the museumHISTORY ₿ TECHNOLOGY ₿ PEOPLE ₿ IDEAS ₿ HISTORY ₿ TECHNOLOGY ₿ PEOPLE ₿ IDEAS ₿
Three doors into the archive
Begin with one story
What Satoshi actually proposed
Not one magical technology, but a system: signatures, a peer network, proof of work and incentives addressing double spending without a central verifier.
Read the story184 billion bitcoin that should never have existed
A value-overflow bug created an impossible amount. The community found the problem, fixed the code and restored valid history within hours.
Read the story8,000 BTC beneath a landfill
James Howells’s story is more than a discarded drive. It is a lesson about private keys, backups and decisions that cannot be reversed.
Read the storyOpen accounting
BTC only · no fiat conversion
Opening report · July 30, 2026Every sat
Every sat
is visible.
Project contributions and expenses are reported in BTC. The purpose of every confirmed transaction is explained publicly.
A personal initiative · open to everyone
Why I started
this archive.
One day I found damaged Bitcoin wallet files on an old computer. I may never be able to recover them, and I do not know whether they still provide access to any bitcoin.
But the discovery left me with another question: how many Bitcoin stories disappear with old computers, forgotten files and people who never recorded their experience?
Professional experience has taught me to see technology not as a fashionable label or a promise, but as a system whose value emerges through real-world use, verification and responsibility.
That personal interest became an open, non-commercial archive. Perhaps the best hobby is one that helps other people and may, over time, give its creator more freedom and financial independence—without replacing their main work or promising easy income.
Not a company · not an investment project · open to everyone
If you mined bitcoin, made early transfers, lost access, took an unusual decision or preserved an important document, your story can become part of the archive. You do not need to reveal your name, balance or wallet address.
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