# The βook of βitcoin — curated passages, as plain text

> Static markdown renderings of the book's table of contents — the blocks and
> transactions worth a reader's attention, each one a Bitcoin transaction
> rendered verbatim as Glossia prose. The live book renders any passage on the
> chain, in the browser: https://bookofbitcoin.io/

See [/llms.txt](https://bookofbitcoin.io/llms.txt) for the site's structure, the citation
scheme, and how to read passages beyond this curated set.

- [The Genesis Block](./the-genesis-block.md) — I β1 ■1 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/1/1/))
- [The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks](./the-times-03-jan-2009-chancellor-on-brink-of-second-bailout-for-banks.md) — I β1 ■1 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/1/1/1/))
- [Hal Finney transaction](./hal-finney-transaction.md) — I β1 ■171 §2 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/1/171/2/))
- [First P2PKH payment](./first-p2pkh-payment.md) — I β1 ■729 §2 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/1/729/2/))
- [Bitcoin Pizza Day](./bitcoin-pizza-day.md) — I β29 ■596 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/29/596/))
- [Supply cap bug fix](./supply-cap-bug-fix.md) — I β37 ■1846 §3 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/37/1846/3/))
- [Script opcode purge](./script-opcode-purge.md) — I β38 ■47 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/38/47/))
- [1 MB size limit activation](./1-mb-size-limit-activation.md) — I β40 ■777 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/40/777/))
- [The twice-confirmed coinbases — first printing](./the-twice-confirmed-coinbases-first-printing.md) — I β46 ■1003 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/46/1003/1/))
- [The twice-confirmed coinbases — first printing](./the-twice-confirmed-coinbases-first-printing.md) — I β46 ■1093 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/46/1093/1/))
- [The twice-confirmed coinbases — second printing](./the-twice-confirmed-coinbases-second-printing.md) — I β46 ■1123 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/46/1123/1/))
- [The twice-confirmed coinbases — second printing](./the-twice-confirmed-coinbases-second-printing.md) — I β46 ■1161 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/46/1161/1/))
- [100K block milestone](./100k-block-milestone.md) — I β50 ■1217 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/50/1217/))
- [Eligius, by Luke Dashjr](./eligius-by-luke-dashjr.md) — I β70 ■587 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/70/587/1/))
- [First multisig (1-of-2)](./first-multisig-1-of-2.md) — I β82 ■1172 §15 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/82/1172/15/))
- [First P2SH spend](./first-p2sh-spend.md) — I β87 ■1344 §12 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/87/1344/12/))
- [BIP16 activation (P2SH)](./bip16-activation-p2sh.md) — I β87 ■430 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/I/87/430/))
- [The First Halving](./the-first-halving.md) — II β1 ■1 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/II/1/1/1/))
- [BIP34 activation (v2)](./bip34-activation-v2.md) — II β9 ■1804 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/II/9/1804/))
- [First coinbase OP_RETURN](./first-coinbase-op-return.md) — II β19 ■529 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/II/19/529/))
- [First standard OP_RETURN](./first-standard-op-return.md) — II β49 ■1803 §109 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/II/49/1803/109/))
- [The Hello World timestamp](./the-hello-world-timestamp.md) — II β74 ■1224 §1352 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/II/74/1224/1352/))
- [BIP66 activation (v3)](./bip66-activation-v3.md) — II β77 ■510 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/II/77/510/))
- [BIP65 activation (v4)](./bip65-activation-v4.md) — II β89 ■974 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/II/89/974/))
- [CSV activation (version bits)](./csv-activation-version-bits.md) — II β104 ■1681 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/II/104/1681/))
- [The Second Halving](./the-second-halving.md) — III β1 ■1 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/III/1/1/1/))
- [BIP91 activation (SegWit mandate)](./bip91-activation-segwit-mandate.md) — III β29 ■673 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/III/29/673/))
- [Bitcoin Cash fork](./bitcoin-cash-fork.md) — III β30 ■95 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/III/30/95/))
- [SegWit activation](./segwit-activation.md) — III β31 ■1345 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/III/31/1345/))
- [First SegWit spend](./first-segwit-spend.md) — III β31 ■1345 §13 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/III/31/1345/13/))
- [First native SegWit outputs](./first-native-segwit-outputs.md) — III β31 ■1345 §533 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/III/31/1345/533/))
- [First P2WSH reveal (2-of-3)](./first-p2wsh-reveal-2-of-3.md) — IV β1 ■1 §411 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/1/1/411/))
- [500K block milestone](./500k-block-milestone.md) — III β40 ■1377 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/III/40/1377/1/))
- [Difficulty −15.13%](./difficulty-1513.md) — III β66 ■1345 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/III/66/1345/))
- [Difficulty −15.95%](./difficulty-1595.md) — III β101 ■1345 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/III/101/1345/))
- [The Third Halving](./the-third-halving.md) — IV β1 ■1 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/1/1/1/))
- [Difficulty −16.05%](./difficulty-1605.md) — IV β13 ■1009 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/13/1009/))
- [Difficulty −15.97%](./difficulty-1597.md) — IV β28 ■1009 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/28/1009/))
- [Taproot lock-in](./taproot-lock-in.md) — IV β29 ■838 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/29/838/))
- [Difficulty −27.94%](./difficulty-2794.md) — IV β30 ■1009 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/30/1009/))
- [Romans 12:21](./romans-12-21.md) — IV β19 ■379 §3 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/19/379/3/))
- [Taproot activation](./taproot-activation.md) — IV β40 ■1009 §2 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/40/1009/2/))
- [First Ordinals inscription](./first-ordinals-inscription.md) — IV β69 ■343 §2323 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/69/343/2323/))
- [Largest block (at the time)](./largest-block-at-the-time.md) — IV β72 ■1493 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/72/1493/))
- [First BRC-20 inscription](./first-brc-20-inscription.md) — IV β75 ■649 §408 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/75/649/408/))
- [The Fourth Halving](./the-fourth-halving.md) — V β1 ■1 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/V/1/1/1/))
- [Sermon on the Mount](./sermon-on-the-mount.md) — IV β73 ■1398 §732 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/IV/73/1398/732/))
- [First BIP110 signaling block](./first-bip110-signaling-block.md) — V β50 ■120 §1 ([as a page](https://bookofbitcoin.io/V/50/120/))