wiki/btc

Bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system

https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin


Energy consumption

Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index
(broken-ish without custom fonts)
https://www.cbeci.org/

Bitcoin used to consume more energy than Switzerland,
but as of 2020-08-04 it's a bit less:
Kuwait < Bitcoin < Switzerland