Amir Taaki

BIP 1 — BIP Purpose and Guidelines

The foundational BIP defining the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal process itself, modeled after Python's PEP. Three types: Standards Track, Informational, Process.

"The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin" — Wired's landmark feature on Bitcoin's first boom and bust

Benjamin Wallace's Wired feature — an early major mainstream article on Bitcoin. Traces the whitepaper, mining boom, Mt. Gox hack, and growing pains, ending with Garzik's "We really don't care."