# trottier/original-bitcoin

This is a historical repository of Satoshi Nakamoto's original bitcoin sourcecode

Repository: https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/original-bitcoin
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-04-19T03:47:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4899, "days_push": 866, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1009, forks 551 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:12.759262+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cryptography, p2p, developer-tools
- domain: blockchain, version-control
- platform: cpp, cross-platform
- tags: bitcoin, historical-archive, satoshi-nakamoto, reference-code, cryptocurrency

## Member repositories
- trottier/original-bitcoin (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.759262+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:12:04.821781+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.759262+00:00, sha 6746bc9fe8e8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.