<p>Perhaps convert the whitepaper in pdf to your required format?</p>

<p>A discussion in <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=footer#!msg/pandoc-discuss/yjfhJ6h47Y0/msK6aAzlrB0J" rel="nofollow">pandoc</a> mentions <code>pdftohtml -xml</code> to be most promising.</p>

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2016-01-20T12:21:51.493Z
2016-01-20T12:21:51.493Z
visweshn92
<p>You can find a markdown version <a href="https://github.com/karask/satoshi-paper/blob/master/bitcoin.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

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2016-01-20T15:25:31.117Z
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2017-07-14T08:25:46.240Z
karask
<p>I recently created a markdown version of the Bitcoin Whitepaper, which you can find at <a href="https://github.com/dhimmel/bitcoin-whitepaper/tree/master/content" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/dhimmel/bitcoin-whitepaper/tree/master/content</a>. Most of the markdown text is in <a href="https://github.com/dhimmel/bitcoin-whitepaper/raw/master/content/02.body.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this file</a>. I based this version off the Whitepaper provided by the <a href="http://nakamotoinstitute.org/bitcoin/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Satoshi Nakamoto Institute</em></a>. Accordingly, the images are SVGs and the math is TeX-formatted.</p>

<p>The source markdown is compiled by the Manubot and served by GitHub pages at <a href="http://git.dhimmel.com/bitcoin-whitepaper/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://git.dhimmel.com/bitcoin-whitepaper/</a>. Contributions are welcome if you notice any issues.</p>

<p>For the ODT-formatted whitepaper (in many languages) see <a href="https://github.com/saivann/bitcoinwhitepaper" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/saivann/bitcoinwhitepaper</a>.</p>

<p><strong>Update:</strong> See my <a href="https://steemit.com/manubot/@dhimmel/how-i-used-the-manubot-to-reproduce-the-bitcoin-whitepaper" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="How I used the Manubot to reproduce the Bitcoin Whitepaper">Steemit post</a> with more details on how I converted the whitepaper to markdown.</p>

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2017-09-19T17:14:11.810Z
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2017-09-20T14:28:31.587Z
Daniel Himmelstein
<p>Is there a place where I can find the Bitcoin whitepaper by satoshi in plain text markdown format?</p>

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Where can I find the Bitcoin white paper in plain text markdown format?
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# Where can I find the Bitcoin white paper in plain text markdown format?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-20)

Is there a place where I can find the Bitcoin whitepaper by satoshi in plain text markdown format?

**Tags:** satoshi, whitepaper


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-20. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Perhaps convert the whitepaper in pdf to your required format?

A discussion in [pandoc](https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/pandoc-discuss/yjfhJ6h47Y0/msK6aAzlrB0J) mentions `pdftohtml -xml` to be most promising.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-01-20. Score: 4

You can find a markdown version [here](https://github.com/username_2/satoshi-paper/blob/master/bitcoin.md).


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-09-19. Score: 3

I recently created a markdown version of the Bitcoin Whitepaper, which you can find at <https://github.com/dhimmel/bitcoin-whitepaper/tree/master/content>. Most of the markdown text is in [this file](https://github.com/dhimmel/bitcoin-whitepaper/raw/master/content/02.body.md). I based this version off the Whitepaper provided by the [*Satoshi Nakamoto Institute*](http://nakamotoinstitute.org/bitcoin/). Accordingly, the images are SVGs and the math is TeX-formatted.

The source markdown is compiled by the Manubot and served by GitHub pages at <http://git.dhimmel.com/bitcoin-whitepaper/>. Contributions are welcome if you notice any issues.

For the ODT-formatted whitepaper (in many languages) see <https://github.com/saivann/bitcoinwhitepaper>.

**Update:** See my [Steemit post](https://steemit.com/manubot/@dhimmel/how-i-used-the-manubot-to-reproduce-the-bitcoin-whitepaper "How I used the Manubot to reproduce the Bitcoin Whitepaper") with more details on how I converted the whitepaper to markdown.


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