<p>Is there a history of the major changes/additions (as well as perhaps major proposals) to Bitcoin since the original paper by Satoshi? I realize of course that one can read through the BIPs and Bitcoin-Core release notes, but I was wondering if there existed a more concise historical &quot;changelog&quot; (or essentially a paper describing the facets of the current Bitcoin-Core implementation). The vast majority of Bitcoin (short) history resources that I can find are not at the level of specificity that I'm looking for (seeming to focus more on price history/external context), but reading through all the BIPs is perhaps more than what I'm looking for. Thanks!</p>

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2021-06-24T20:09:51.260Z
I hope you know that the “paper” doesn’t really describe anything much about Bitcoin as a system, and is even completely incorrect in parts. It’s at best a short summary.
Claris
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2021-06-24T21:01:13.173Z
There is a list of all consensus rule changes: https://blog.bitmex.com/bitcoins-consensus-forks/ (This was released in 2017 but there hasn't been a consensus rule change since then, except for Taproot that has been locked in but not activated yet.)
Vojtěch Strnad
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2021-06-25T00:28:45.257Z
Thank you @VojtěchStrnad, that's quite helpful! I'm certainly aware the paper is limited in its descriptions; is there some paper detailing Bitcoin as a system (and the history behind design decisions)?
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2021-06-26T07:20:36.713Z
Relevant: @David Harding's bitcoin white paper errata: https://gist.github.com/harding/dabea3d83c695e6b937bf090eddf2bb3
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Major changes to Bitcoin since original paper
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# Major changes to Bitcoin since original paper

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-24)

Is there a history of the major changes/additions (as well as perhaps major proposals) to Bitcoin since the original paper by Satoshi? I realize of course that one can read through the BIPs and Bitcoin-Core release notes, but I was wondering if there existed a more concise historical "changelog" (or essentially a paper describing the facets of the current Bitcoin-Core implementation). The vast majority of Bitcoin (short) history resources that I can find are not at the level of specificity that I'm looking for (seeming to focus more on price history/external context), but reading through all the BIPs is perhaps more than what I'm looking for. Thanks!

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, history, satoshi-nakamoto, whitepaper

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I hope you know that the “paper” doesn’t really describe anything much about Bitcoin as a system, and is even completely incorrect in parts. It’s at best a short summary.  
> **username_2**: There is a list of all consensus rule changes: https://blog.bitmex.com/bitcoins-consensus-forks/ (This was released in 2017 but there hasn't been a consensus rule change since then, except for Taproot that has been locked in but not activated yet.)  
> **username_0**: Thank you @username_2, that's quite helpful! I'm certainly aware the paper is limited in its descriptions; is there some paper detailing Bitcoin as a system (and the history behind design decisions)?  
> **username_3**: Relevant: @David Harding's bitcoin white paper errata: https://gist.github.com/harding/dabea3d83c695e6b937bf090eddf2bb3  

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