Mission & Foundation
The House of Bitcoin was conceived not as a product, platform, or campaign, but as an institution.
Throughout Western history, the word House has carried a specific meaning. It denotes a place where power is exercised through process rather than impulse; where debate, record, and restraint matter as much as action. The House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the White House are not merely buildings or brands—they are symbols of continuity, governance, and public accountability.
As Bitcoin transitions from an emergent technology to a strategic asset held by corporations, institutions, and public entities, the nature of the discourse has shifted. The central debate now concerns the mechanisms for holding, governing, disclosing, and responsibly stewarding Bitcoin over extended timeframes.
In this context, both conceptually and practically, Bitcoin is regarded with the same level of seriousness as capital reserves, treasury policy, and fiduciary duty. Clarity is emphasized over excitement, and long-term considerations are prioritized over short-term narratives.
Our Institutional Mandate
Frameworks & Standards
The House refrains from promoting speculation, trading, or price advocacy. Rather, it prioritizes the essential institutional tasks of developing frameworks, standards, governance language, and maintaining public records.
Transparency & Continuity
Publications are systematically versioned, archived, and made openly accessible, thereby upholding the parliamentary tradition of transparency and continuity. No guidance is ephemeral; every decision is accountable.
Stewardship & Longevity
The House acknowledges that experience and continuity entail responsibility. Stewardship involves preserving institutional memory, preventing unnecessary fragmentation, and supporting decision-makers accountable for their actions.
A Pan-European & Commonwealth Institution
Similar to the evolution of Western governance and finance across languages and borders, the House maintains a multilingual and pan-European presence. Each designation embodies the same core principle: Bitcoin, when held in treasury, requires discipline, structure, and respect.
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The Commonwealth: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada
Domus Bitcoin
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Latin — the language of law, governance, and currency
Maison de Bitcoin
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France
Casa di Bitcoin
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Italy
Haus des Bitcoin
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Germany
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Switzerland
Huis Van Bitcoin
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Netherlands
The Genesis Message — Bitcoin's British Moment
Bitcoin's journey began not with code alone, but with a message embedded in its very first block. This seemingly simple line carries profound significance. It anchors Bitcoin in a real historical moment, referencing the United Kingdom's financial and political landscape.
By invoking a British newspaper and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Satoshi embedded an awareness of governance, accountability, and the social impact of monetary policy into the very first act of the protocol.
The British connection is central to the ethos of the House of Bitcoin. The United Kingdom has long been a source of institutional innovation: it is the birthplace of the rule of law, the parliamentary system, and the traditions of free speech and public record. These principles, refined over centuries, laid the foundations for accountable governance and civic trust—structures that have been exported globally, including to the United States.
By starting Bitcoin with a reference to Britain, Satoshi placed the protocol within this lineage of transparency, restraint, and legitimacy. The House of Bitcoin carries forward this lineage, treating Bitcoin with the same discipline that has defined historic governance bodies.
Governance Philosophy — House Rules
The House of Bitcoin operates according to a set of principles that prioritise procedural integrity, transparency, and disciplined stewardship. In the same way that the House of Commons and House of Lords rely on rules, precedent, and record-keeping to exercise authority responsibly, the House of Bitcoin treats governance as a matter of process as much as content.
Procedural Transparency
Every framework, guidance paper, or publication is versioned, timestamped, and publicly accessible. Changes, updates, and revisions are documented in full, so that institutions can rely not only on current guidance but also on the history of decisions and the evolution of standards. Transparency is not optional; it is the foundation of trust.
Independent Stewardship
Advisory contributors, collaborators, and domain experts may provide input, but no external party dictates outcomes. Stewardship resides with the House, which maintains authority over the integrity, consistency, and public record of its work. Sponsorship or commercial support does not influence frameworks or guidance.
Committee-Style Review
Substantive publications are reviewed internally using a committee-style process. Drafts are assessed, debated, and refined before release, mirroring the deliberative procedures of historic legislative bodies. This ensures that outputs are rigorous, consistent, and defensible.
Versioning and Archival Discipline
All House outputs are versioned and archived in a permanent, public repository. Like a parliamentary record or a ledger, this archive preserves institutional memory, allowing frameworks to be cited, referenced, and assessed over time. No guidance is ephemeral; every decision is accountable.
Clarity and Neutrality
The House communicates in a calm, precise, and professional tone. It does not speculate on price, promote trading strategies, or engage in hype. Every publication is intended to inform, guide, and anchor institutions in sound governance—nothing more, nothing less.
Responsibility to the Protocol
The House recognises that Bitcoin itself is neutral, rule-based, and immutable. Governance of the House is exercised in relation to the protocol, never over it. House Rules are designed to respect the integrity of Bitcoin while enabling institutions to interact responsibly and consistently with this trillion-dollar asset.
Genesis, Conscience, and the Moral Substrate of Bitcoin
Bitcoin did not emerge in a cultural vacuum. Its language, symbolism, and earliest references point repeatedly to the Christian-formed moral and institutional tradition of Britain and America—societies shaped by concepts of conscience, law, restraint, and moral accountability long before digital systems existed.
Genesis Block
The very first block of Bitcoin is called the Genesis Block. This was not a technical necessity. It was a naming choice—one drawn directly from the Biblical tradition. "Genesis" denotes origin, creation, and the beginning of a moral narrative.
Moral Statement
The embedded message referencing the Chancellor and bank bailouts is not merely political commentary. It is a moral statement, framed within a British Christian-informed society where public accountability, conscience, and restraint in power have historically mattered.
Restraint & Stewardship
The Genesis Block reward—50 bitcoin—is unspendable. Bitcoin begins with value that cannot be claimed. This mirrors a moral constraint: the creator does not enrich himself at the foundation. The roughly 1.1 million bitcoin mined by Satoshi remain unmoved—extraordinary restraint in a system defined by scarcity.
Withdrawal & Humility
Satoshi's final public message in 2011 was technical and understated. There was no proclamation, no attempt to rule, no claim to authority. Silence became the final act of governance—reflecting humility before systems, limits on power, and stewardship over domination.
The House of Bitcoin recognises these patterns as more than coincidence. They reflect a moral substrate inherited from Christian-formed societies: humility before systems, limits on power, stewardship over domination, and respect for conscience and record.
This does not make Bitcoin a religious project. But it does mean Bitcoin emerged from cultures where moral legitimacy precedes authority, and where money, law, and governance are expected to answer to something higher than expedience.
The Halving Cycle — Time, Scarcity, and Constitutional Money
Bitcoin is young by historical standards. At roughly seventeen years old, it has existed for less than a single human generation. Yet within that short span, it has already demonstrated a level of monetary discipline that most systems fail to sustain over centuries.
Central to this discipline is the halving cycle.
Bitcoin's issuance schedule is governed by protocol, not discretion. Approximately every four years—after 210,000 blocks—the reward issued to miners is cut in half. This mechanism steadily reduces the rate of new supply, ensuring that the total number of bitcoin in circulation can never exceed 21 million.
No committee votes on this change. No authority intervenes. The schedule executes automatically, as written at the protocol's origin.
Historic Halving Events
Issuance reduced from 50 to 25 bitcoin per block
Issuance reduced from 25 to 12.5 bitcoin per block
Issuance reduced from 12.5 to 6.25 bitcoin per block
Issuance reduced from 6.25 to 3.125 bitcoin per block
Issuance will reduce from 3.125 to 1.5625 bitcoin per block
These moments are remarkable not because of market reactions, but because they arrived exactly as promised. In a financial world accustomed to policy reversals, emergency interventions, and discretionary expansion, Bitcoin's halving events represent something rarer: credible, enforced restraint.
The House of Bitcoin views the halving cycle as foundational to institutional understanding. Treasury frameworks, custody models, and long-term strategy must account for Bitcoin's declining issuance and its implications for liquidity, security, and stewardship over decades—not quarters.
Liberty, the Individual, and the Limits of Power
Bitcoin emerged at the intersection of multiple intellectual traditions: institutional governance, constitutional restraint, moral accountability—and libertarian thought. While Bitcoin is not owned by any political philosophy, its design naturally aligns with certain libertarian principles concerned with individual autonomy, limited power, and voluntary exchange.
Individual Sovereignty
Bitcoin operates without a central authority. Ownership is direct. Transactions are peer-to-peer. Participation is voluntary. These characteristics resonate with the libertarian belief that individuals should be able to hold property, exchange value, and communicate economically without coercion or prior permission.
Fixed Supply & Austrian Economics
Bitcoin's fixed supply of 21 million units reflects a rejection of discretionary monetary expansion. This aligns with ideas advanced by the Austrian School of economics—particularly Friedrich von Hayek's call for the denationalisation of money. Bitcoin does not require trust in policy-makers, committees, or future promises.
Financial Free Speech
Bitcoin embodies a practical interpretation of the non-aggression principle. It does not compel participation, extract value by force, or discriminate by geography. Individuals may transact freely across borders, without censorship, and without reliance on intermediaries whose incentives may not align with their own.
Balance, Not Absolutism
While libertarian ideas have influenced Bitcoin's culture and design, the House of Bitcoin does not adopt ideological absolutism. Bitcoin exists within societies shaped by law, institutions, and public accountability. Its success depends not on rejecting governance outright, but on limiting arbitrary power while preserving rule-based order.
In this sense, Bitcoin represents a synthesis rather than a rebellion: liberty constrained by rules, markets bounded by transparency, individual rights protected by cryptography.
Image, Symbol, and Institutional Identity
The visual identity of the House of Bitcoin is designed to function not as branding in the commercial sense, but as a symbol of institutional continuity. At its centre is the Bitcoin mark, encircled by twenty-one stars in motion.
This iconography draws deliberately from the long tradition of flags, seals, and heraldic devices used by governing bodies and public institutions. Such symbols are not designed to persuade or advertise; they exist to signal legitimacy, unity, and permanence.
The Twenty-One Stars
The twenty-one stars represent the fixed supply of twenty-one million bitcoin—a defining characteristic of the protocol and a cornerstone of its monetary integrity. By rendering these stars in motion, the symbol reflects a balance between immutability and dynamism: a fixed supply circulating through time, markets, and institutions, without dilution or arbitrary expansion.
The House of Bitcoin does not claim to control or alter Bitcoin. Instead, it situates itself around the protocol, acknowledging that institutions operate in relation to Bitcoin, not above it. The icon reflects this posture of restraint and respect.
Typography and the Written Voice of the House
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Just as flags, seals, and symbols communicate authority visually, typography governs how an institution speaks on the page. For the House of Bitcoin, the written word is as important as the visual mark, and consistency across documents, publications, and digital presence is treated as a matter of discipline rather than style.
All House of Bitcoin materials use the Satoshi typeface, designed by the Indian Type Foundry (ITF). This choice is deliberate.
Legibility & Neutrality
Typography in institutional settings is not about novelty or expression. It is about legibility, neutrality, and longevity. Satoshi belongs to this tradition—contemporary without being fashionable, precise without being rigid.
Acknowledgment of Origin
The name itself carries resonance. Satoshi, as a typeface, shares its name with the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. While the House does not speculate on identity or mythology, the name functions as a quiet acknowledgment of origin.
Global Perspective
The Indian Type Foundry represents a modern, global approach to type design—one that recognises that authority and quality are no longer confined to traditional Western centres alone. This aligns with the House's worldview: Bitcoin is a global protocol.
By standardising on a single typeface across frameworks, governance documents, and public communications, the House reinforces a sense of continuity and seriousness. Typography, in this context, is not decoration. It is part of the House's written constitution.
Ultimately, the House of Bitcoin exists in service of longevity.
Bitcoin represents a substantial long-term advancement in both monetary policy and technology. Integrating Bitcoin into institutional treasuries necessitates prudent and methodical management. The House functions as a stable center for this process, providing a venue in which frameworks are developed, refined, and maintained with transparency to benefit both institutions and the public.