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trottier/original-bitcoin

This is a historical repository of Satoshi Nakamoto's original bitcoin sourcecode observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin · C++ · MIT (permissive) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4899
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 866
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1009 stars · 551 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A historical archive of Satoshi Nakamoto's original Bitcoin v0.1 source code, preserved for study and reference. It is not a maintained fork of Bitcoin Core and should not be used in production.

Use cases

  • study the original bitcoin source code
  • understand how satoshi's first bitcoin client worked
  • research the history of bitcoin's codebase
  • compare original bitcoin code with modern bitcoin core
  • teach the origins of blockchain technology

When to choose

  • you want to read or study the original 2009 bitcoin source code
  • you are doing historical or academic research on bitcoin's origins

When to avoid

  • you need a working, secure bitcoin node or wallet - use Bitcoin Core instead
  • you expect bug fixes, security patches, or modern features
  • you want to build production software on this codebase

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

cryptography p2p developer-tools blockchain version-control cpp cross-platform bitcoin historical-archive satoshi-nakamoto reference-code cryptocurrency

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
trottier/original-bitcoinmain10

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