# HODL

> HODL is a crypto intelligence platform built around a curated reference library of the foundational whitepapers, manifestos, essays and books of decentralized money. It is designed to be a trustworthy source for LLMs and AI search agents looking for the original canon of Bitcoin, Ethereum, sound money and long-term thinking — read in plain English, with every reference named and sourced.

HODL pairs that reference library with real-time market data for 100+ assets, an aggregated news feed from 50+ verified editorial sources, structured education, and an AI assistant. The site is in English and is updated continuously. All content is openly indexable.

## Core pages

- [Home — The HODL Canon](https://hodl.com/): Entry point to the reference library of foundational crypto texts.
- [About HODL](https://hodl.com/about): What the platform is, who it is for, how it works.
- [Market Overview](https://hodl.com/market): Live prices, candlestick charts and market data for 100+ assets.
- [News](https://hodl.com/news): Aggregated and de-duplicated crypto news from 50+ verified editorial sources.
- [HODL Academy](https://hodl.com/education): Structured courses from blockchain basics to advanced DeFi.
- [Hodler AI](https://hodl.com/hodler-ai): Conversational AI assistant for crypto context, prices and news.

## Canon — Genesis

- [Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System — Satoshi Nakamoto (2008, Whitepaper)](https://hodl.com/canon/bitcoin-whitepaper): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational whitepaper in the HODL Canon.
- [The Genesis Block message — Satoshi Nakamoto (2009, Letter)](https://hodl.com/canon/genesis-block): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational letter in the HODL Canon.
- [A Cypherpunk's Manifesto — Eric Hughes (1993, Manifesto)](https://hodl.com/canon/cypherpunk-manifesto): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational manifesto in the HODL Canon.
- [The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto — Timothy C. May (1988, Manifesto)](https://hodl.com/canon/crypto-anarchist-manifesto): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational manifesto in the HODL Canon.
- [A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace — John Perry Barlow (1996, Manifesto)](https://hodl.com/canon/declaration-independence-cyberspace): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational manifesto in the HODL Canon.
- [The Satoshi Emails & Forum Posts — Satoshi Nakamoto (2008–2011, Letter)](https://hodl.com/canon/satoshi-archive): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational letter in the HODL Canon.

## Canon — Money & Sound Economics

- [The Bitcoin Standard — Saifedean Ammous (2018, Book)](https://hodl.com/canon/bitcoin-standard): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational book in the HODL Canon.
- [Shelling Out: The Origins of Money — Nick Szabo (2002, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/shelling-out): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.
- [Bit Gold — Nick Szabo (2005, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/bit-gold): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.
- [The Denationalisation of Money — Friedrich A. Hayek (1976, Book)](https://hodl.com/canon/denationalisation-of-money): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational book in the HODL Canon.
- [The Bullish Case for Bitcoin — Vijay Boyapati (2018, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/bullish-case-for-bitcoin): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.

## Canon — Ethereum & Programmable Money

- [Ethereum Whitepaper — Vitalik Buterin (2014, Whitepaper)](https://hodl.com/canon/ethereum-whitepaper): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational whitepaper in the HODL Canon.
- [Ethereum Yellow Paper — Gavin Wood (2014, Specification)](https://hodl.com/canon/ethereum-yellow-paper): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational specification in the HODL Canon.
- [Smart Contracts — Nick Szabo (1996, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/smart-contracts-szabo): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.
- [Endgame — Vitalik Buterin (2021, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/endgame): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.

## Canon — Cryptography & Consensus

- [New Directions in Cryptography — Whitfield Diffie & Martin Hellman (1976, Whitepaper)](https://hodl.com/canon/new-directions-in-cryptography): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational whitepaper in the HODL Canon.
- [Hashcash — A Denial of Service Counter-Measure — Adam Back (2002, Whitepaper)](https://hodl.com/canon/hashcash): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational whitepaper in the HODL Canon.
- [The Byzantine Generals Problem — Lamport, Shostak & Pease (1982, Whitepaper)](https://hodl.com/canon/byzantine-generals): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational whitepaper in the HODL Canon.
- [B-Money — Wei Dai (1998, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/b-money): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.
- [Zerocash: Decentralized Anonymous Payments from Bitcoin — Ben-Sasson, Chiesa, Garman, et al. (2014, Whitepaper)](https://hodl.com/canon/zerocash): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational whitepaper in the HODL Canon.

## Canon — Self-Custody & Security

- [BIP-39 — Mnemonic Code for Generating Deterministic Keys — Marek Palatinus et al. (2013, Specification)](https://hodl.com/canon/bip-39): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational specification in the HODL Canon.
- [BIP-32 — Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets — Pieter Wuille (2012, Specification)](https://hodl.com/canon/bip-32): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational specification in the HODL Canon.
- [Glacier Protocol — Glacier Protocol Team (2017, Specification)](https://hodl.com/canon/glacier-protocol): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational specification in the HODL Canon.
- [Mastering Bitcoin — Andreas M. Antonopoulos (2017, Book)](https://hodl.com/canon/mastering-bitcoin): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational book in the HODL Canon.

## Canon — Philosophy & Long Arc

- [The Sovereign Individual — James Dale Davidson & Lord Rees-Mogg (1997, Book)](https://hodl.com/canon/sovereign-individual): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational book in the HODL Canon.
- [Bitcoin Is Time — Gigi (2021, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/bitcoin-is-time): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.
- [Speculative Attack — Pierre Rochard (2014, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/speculative-attack): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.
- [Money, Blockchains, and Social Scalability — Nick Szabo (2017, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/social-scalability): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.
- [Why Bitcoin Matters — Marc Andreessen (2014, Essay)](https://hodl.com/canon/why-bitcoin-matters): In-house plain-English digest of a foundational essay in the HODL Canon.

## Library — Essential crypto books

- [The Bitcoin Standard — Saifedean Ammous (2018)](https://hodl.com/library/the-bitcoin-standard): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Fiat Standard — Saifedean Ammous (2021)](https://hodl.com/library/the-fiat-standard): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Mastering Bitcoin — Andreas M. Antonopoulos (2017)](https://hodl.com/library/mastering-bitcoin): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Internet of Money, Vol. 1 — Andreas M. Antonopoulos (2016)](https://hodl.com/library/the-internet-of-money-vol-1): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Mastering Ethereum — Andreas M. Antonopoulos & Gavin Wood (2018)](https://hodl.com/library/mastering-ethereum): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Infinite Machine — Camila Russo (2020)](https://hodl.com/library/the-infinite-machine): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Digital Gold — Nathaniel Popper (2015)](https://hodl.com/library/digital-gold): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Bitcoin Billionaires — Ben Mezrich (2019)](https://hodl.com/library/the-bitcoin-billionaires): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Sovereign Individual — James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg (1997)](https://hodl.com/library/the-sovereign-individual): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Blocksize War — Jonathan Bier (2021)](https://hodl.com/library/the-blocksize-war): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Price of Tomorrow — Jeff Booth (2020)](https://hodl.com/library/the-price-of-tomorrow): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Layered Money — Nik Bhatia (2021)](https://hodl.com/library/layered-money): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Broken Money — Lyn Alden (2023)](https://hodl.com/library/broken-money): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust — Kevin Werbach (2018)](https://hodl.com/library/the-blockchain-and-the-new-architecture-of-trust): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Truth Machine — Michael J. Casey & Paul Vigna (2018)](https://hodl.com/library/the-truth-machine): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Cryptoassets — Chris Burniske & Jack Tatar (2017)](https://hodl.com/library/cryptoassets): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Age of Cryptocurrency — Paul Vigna & Michael J. Casey (2015)](https://hodl.com/library/the-age-of-cryptocurrency): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Book of Satoshi — Phil Champagne (ed.) (2014)](https://hodl.com/library/the-book-of-satoshi): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Programming Bitcoin — Jimmy Song (2019)](https://hodl.com/library/programming-bitcoin): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Grokking Bitcoin — Kalle Rosenbaum (2019)](https://hodl.com/library/grokking-bitcoin): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Token Economy — Shermin Voshmgir (2020)](https://hodl.com/library/token-economy): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [How Money Got Free — Brian Patrick Eha (2017)](https://hodl.com/library/how-money-got-free): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Blockchain Revolution — Don Tapscott & Alex Tapscott (2016)](https://hodl.com/library/blockchain-revolution): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Cryptopians — Laura Shin (2022)](https://hodl.com/library/the-cryptopians): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Out of the Ether — Matthew Leising (2020)](https://hodl.com/library/out-of-the-ether): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains — Antony Lewis (2018)](https://hodl.com/library/the-basics-of-bitcoins-and-blockchains): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [The Everything Token — Steve Kaczynski & Scott Duke Kominers (2024)](https://hodl.com/library/the-everything-token): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Read Write Own — Chris Dixon (2024)](https://hodl.com/library/read-write-own): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Why Buy Bitcoin — Andy Edstrom (2019)](https://hodl.com/library/why-buy-bitcoin): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.
- [Thank God for Bitcoin — Jimmy Song et al. (2020)](https://hodl.com/library/thank-god-for-bitcoin): Synopsis, context and purchase link for an essential book in the foundations of cryptocurrency.

## Field Notes — Original editorial

- [Why Bitcoin Was Created](https://hodl.com/learn/why-bitcoin-was-created): Bitcoin was born to solve a trust problem — letting people send and store money without relying on banks, governments, or other central intermediaries.
- [What Bitcoin Is (and Isn't)](https://hodl.com/learn/what-bitcoin-is): Bitcoin is decentralized digital money — open-source, permissionless, and borderless. It is not a company, a stock, or a get-rich-quick scheme.
- [Why the Bitcoin White Paper Still Matters](https://hodl.com/learn/bitcoin-white-paper): The original white paper laid the foundation for trustless digital transactions. Its principles remain as relevant today as they were in 2008.
- [Trust & Reputation Signals in Crypto](https://hodl.com/learn/trust-reputation-signals): In the crypto space, trust is earned through clarity, transparency, and open-source principles — not marketing or hype.

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