Whitepaper Books

Buy (almost) any book with bitcoin

brought to you by vinney...axkl

Public Key

npub1c74n52sngtmceu96gxms7lsfcdz3gqsfla9swcdgt7wc0qw684zqfe2cj2

NIP-05 Address

notes@nostr.whitepaperbooks.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsv02e69gf59auv7zayrdc00cyux3g5qgyl7jc8vx59l8v8s8dr63qpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsk26gup

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relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1c74n52sngtmceu96gxms7lsfcdz3gqsfla9swcdgt7wc0qw684zqfe2cj2

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2025-11-06 03:26:04 UTC

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absolutely! in print, right? get in touch via the form on the site and it'll start an email between us (let me know if that's not okay with you)

2025-11-05 16:42:14 UTC

Well, what the hell!! Us too. use code "NOSTR" for 10% at whitepaper books until this time tomorrow.
Been holding out on a pricey hardcover? now's your chance. Request it on the site if we don't have it! I'll add it right away.
https://whitepaperbooks.com/
#nevent1q…fg7v

2025-10-31 19:06:23 UTC

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pushing forward! might have pushed a little too far, because we seem to be out here in the depths of MoE land and it's disconcertingly quiet...
#nevent1q…pp8k

2025-10-31 15:20:33 UTC

what better way to celebrate than actually using Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash for its intended and best purpose?
free shipping for orders over 50 fiat fuckbucks
#nevent1q…pp8k

2025-10-31 13:47:05 UTC

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That is very weird. I don't believe we have an Azure dependency I'm aware of. Let me know if this happens again for you (and consider tagging @npub19ma…axkl )

2025-10-31 13:42:51 UTC

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Good timing! 10% off everything today for Whitepaper Day!
And free shipping for orders over $50

2025-10-31 13:23:07 UTC

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email us (via the site) and let's figure this very generous offer out! love it!

2025-10-31 13:21:23 UTC

Happy Bitcoin Whitepaper day!
Today only, EVERYTHING in the store is 10% off!
https://image.nostr.build/8ebba4a31fa93520936b308f9397f4acf7896de5f10dbcbfbd1b73731c5cd840.jpg
(our price in sats doesn't show this at the moment 😬 but you'll be charged correctly)

2025-10-28 22:24:11 UTC

BTW, here is the contract @npub1qfc…xnrh and I signed, which we're honoring now. #WoT !
https://attestr.app/contract/attestr-17ffc45a-161c-443b-8ca2-de42387cb694
#nevent1q…zhvz

2025-10-28 22:22:56 UTC

A lucky customer just made Whitepaper Books history by ordering @npub1qfc…xnrh 's book, A Stoic Resurrection https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/a-stoic-resurrection-notes-from-the-journal-of-a-modern-stoic?_pos=1&_psq=stoic&_ss=e&_v=1.0
Why is this historic? The author gets paid directly, and also handles fulfillment. Building up the history of Whitepaper Books as a marketplace for self-published authors who PoW by writing for sats.
Are you a self-published author with piles of books in your house and the wherewithal to handle shipping and fulfillment?
Do you want to keep more of your book sales profit and give less to vampires like Amazon or Ingram?
...All while building up the bitcoin medium of exchange economy?
You know what to do.
(wait you don't know what to do? Hop on the website and send us an email. or try a nostr reply, but might be slower)
#bookstr #MoE #BitcoinStandard

2025-10-24 18:15:10 UTC

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not printed on The Whitepaper, but paper that is (mostly) white, yes!

2025-10-24 18:12:50 UTC

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Do you currently work with a distributor or POD service or is it fully self-published?

2025-10-16 20:50:57 UTC

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would you consider selling it through https://whitepaperbooks.com as well?

2025-10-15 12:37:01 UTC

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found it! hardcover or paperback?
..actually i'll just add both: https://whitepaperbooks.com/search?q=future+imperfect&options%5Bprefix%5D=last
i'm not sure why the coxer images didn't come in.. fixing...

2025-10-11 02:30:11 UTC

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nope! not available through our distributor. maybe @nprofile…cmmz would like to set up a direct relationship similar to the one we posted about recently with @nprofile…z2yk ...?

2025-10-11 02:11:40 UTC

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False alarm!! Thanks for the reply - but it was an issue with paying invoices from my LNBits instance. Fixed it - now the imported wallet in Zeus works perfectly. Incredible stuff, thanks!

2025-10-10 18:21:56 UTC

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We've added it to the inventory just now!
https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/elementary-forms-of-the-religious-life-newly-translated-by-karen-e-fields

2025-10-10 15:58:56 UTC

Thank YOU
#nevent1q…wq0q

2025-10-09 23:57:50 UTC

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it's starting to feel like an lnbits/lnd issue on my end 😬😬😬
sorry

2025-10-09 22:52:32 UTC

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isn't it odd that the same backend would be able to pay to an address but not handle an invoice scan?

2025-10-09 22:13:53 UTC

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Scans, then "loading screen", then Error

2025-10-09 21:11:06 UTC

@npub1xnf…lpr5 hey, we're using your wallet on android connected to LNBits. We can send _to a lightning address_, but scanning an invoice QR code fails with "Error; payment failed". Any ideas?
Given that sending works (to a lightning address) it can't be a read-only connection issue..

2025-10-09 20:31:56 UTC

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Simple form to fill out (anonymous is a-ok) and we'll insta-add it!

2025-10-09 20:31:33 UTC

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We don't (yet) write or publish books... But I have a history as a pen & ink comics artists, so maybe there's hope....

2025-10-09 20:06:04 UTC

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Thanks for suggestions and for taking a look at the shop! We just zapped you approximate shipping costs, if you decide to order :beer_lg:

2025-10-09 19:51:44 UTC

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#nevent1q…quz0

2025-10-09 19:46:27 UTC

Great reminder! Added!
(also added everything we could find written by each of the horsemen themselves. Some of our favorite authors, but we didn't have everything)
Sam: https://whitepaperbooks.com/search?q=sam+harris&options%5Bprefix%5D=last
Hitch: https://whitepaperbooks.com/search?q=christopher+hitchens&options%5Bprefix%5D=last
Dawkins: https://whitepaperbooks.com/search?q=richard+dawkins&options%5Bprefix%5D=last
Dennett: https://whitepaperbooks.com/search?q=dennett&options%5Bprefix%5D=last
;)
https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/four-horsemen-the-conversation-that-sparked-an-atheist-revolution
#nevent1q…ms9v

2025-10-09 19:17:17 UTC

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Heyyyy thanks!

2025-10-09 18:31:48 UTC

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❤ Deeply appreciated!!

2025-10-09 18:31:32 UTC

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Thanks!!
Yes and I'm pretty sure it's just the flip of a switch, but have to figure out if it's going to create a tax nightmare. We're trying as hard as possible to minimize our contact with all the red tape (read more on that here: https://whitepaperbooks.com/blogs/news/finally-live-and-backstory )

2025-10-09 18:30:07 UTC

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This was the first purchase on Whitepaper Books! (it happened to be a test purchase by us, but it was very intentional)

2025-10-09 18:11:45 UTC

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...does that exist? or you're asking us to create it? :laugh_lg:

2025-10-09 18:10:38 UTC

Don't know much about this book, but this guy's reading it so figured we'd add it to the inventory!
https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/gothic
#nevent1q…dtcv

2025-10-09 18:08:33 UTC

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What if it's just Snow Crash again?
Neuromancer is great, too!

2025-10-09 18:06:53 UTC

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They left our Dr. Seuss and Roald Dahl

2025-10-09 18:05:51 UTC

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Added it to our inventory!
https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/democracy-a-guided-tour

2025-10-09 18:02:06 UTC

Hey #bookstr, it's me, Whitepaper Books, your nostr-only, bitcoin-only online print bookstore.
What can I do for you? Stock certain titles? Build some nostr integrations? I want to be one of your favorite spots on the internet: tell me what you want, I'm yours.
https://whitepaperbooks.com

2025-10-09 13:21:19 UTC

Glad to be aboard supporting the arts! 🫡
Thanks to @npub1p6y…wx3t for putting this together. There are many important facets to a rich and flourishing frontier society.
#nevent1q…6yak

2025-10-08 22:02:48 UTC

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Here are some of the technical details of how this worked:
#nevent1q…czk4

2025-10-08 21:13:54 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/8174e36e734d5024e47797da7462ba42deef5f86f176fb6aa48755e67697bf5c.png
@npub1qfc…xnrh and @npub1c74…2cj2 have both signed the agreement :)
https://image.nostr.build/6a85b98c573b79c0e2dbcfeac82d158852ba558a0af0c48dd338a214eca95ab5.jpg
Whitepaper Books is thrilled to announce a new addition to our collection of Nostr authrs with his book _A Stoic Resurrection: Notes from the Journal of a Modern Stoic_.
Get your copy here: https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/a-stoic-resurrection-notes-from-the-journal-of-a-modern-stoic
The most exciting part about this update is that with this relationship, WPB is sidestepping our standard distributor and working directly with the author.
If you're an author who is capable of handling fulfillment on your end, get in touch with us via our site about getting your work listed on the store.
#nevent1q…kcu5
#nevent1q…4d8f

2025-10-08 19:44:39 UTC

...What do we have here..? Decentralized, p2p, trust-maximizing agreements over nostr..?!
We'll post a big update and announcement as soon as the cryptographic ink dries
https://image.nostr.build/f3bc8357b9323df4d37a827815aaeef39bd0b9ffa56b3f010d926d11a5173ad4.png

2025-10-02 00:49:18 UTC

just regular customer service activities 😎
#nevent1q…378q

2025-10-02 00:48:01 UTC

we love all of our customers!
..maybe some even more than others.. 😉
#nevent1q…mxy0

2025-10-01 17:57:13 UTC

The first few orders have been fulfilled. Tracking numbers are appearing.

2025-10-01 15:45:51 UTC

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what do you tell someone who wants to join?

2025-10-01 00:15:51 UTC

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In 1,000 years, future people will wonder "how did 'Read Books In Ass' become one of society's most important mantras??"
(This implies nostr relays won't be online a millennium from now).

2025-10-01 00:14:12 UTC

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😂😂

2025-09-30 23:22:40 UTC

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We're print-only. Get in touch when the time is right!

2025-09-30 23:20:06 UTC

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:P
#nevent1q…fvl0

2025-09-30 23:19:43 UTC

If you're looking for a good book to read from the comfort of someone's big cushy ass, we've got you covered
#nevent1q…xnly
(thanks, @npub162z…tdhy )#nevent1q…jq0e

2025-09-30 23:18:09 UTC

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You pay today's price. Transparently, this is just the dollar price from the distributor, converted to sats at the current USD/BTC price.
I include the "last year" and "2020" for fun, to give a sense of what it might look like to live in a deflationary world. The same sats go further all the time.
I will likely add a "hide this junk" option in the future if people complain about it.

2025-09-30 22:48:10 UTC

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we should get it on our store. how is it published? is it in print?

2025-09-30 21:51:07 UTC

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definitely keep me on the docket for early testers!

2025-09-30 20:39:30 UTC

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if NIP-99 could be my Shopify and what you're describing could be my distributor integration, we'd be on the verge af defining a new industry (and freeing up a lot of capital that currently pays for "platforms")

2025-09-30 20:34:49 UTC

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lfg

2025-09-30 18:50:02 UTC

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What part is confusing you?

2025-09-30 16:26:05 UTC

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Let's get there.
Happy to help forge the trail however I can

2025-09-30 16:25:33 UTC

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PUT ME ON THE CALENDAR!
I look forward to looping back in 2026 when business is booming and you've got a plan for integrating into NIP-99!

2025-09-30 15:53:16 UTC

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spend it wisely (like on books)

2025-09-30 15:39:35 UTC

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I wish. The store relies on a fairly complex FTP (yes, FTP!) integration with the distributor for orders to be fulfilled. Not to mention all the metadata fields in the backend (Shopify) that allow the search and filtering to (barely) work.
I'd love to use NIP-99 but since I don't have physical products on hand at my location, I think my use case is currently beyond the scope.

2025-09-30 15:25:20 UTC

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Check your email ;)

2025-09-30 15:19:12 UTC

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We're live now, btw.

2025-09-30 15:18:43 UTC

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It is, and it's live now.

2025-09-30 01:35:46 UTC

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i didn't get it 😕 DMs are haunted. yea contact form is best then we can go to email or signal or wherever

2025-09-30 01:15:51 UTC

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this will start an email with us: https://whitepaperbooks.com/pages/contact
(I'm trying not to plaster the email address all over nostr for bots to spam)

2025-09-30 01:06:06 UTC

We've got a collection of nostr authrs, featuring
@npub1s05…eyhe
@npub1dtg…up6m
@npub1t92…agf4
@npub1gdu…6nak
@npub1a2c…w83a
@npub1jt9…la9y
@npub102h…des6
@npub1trr…hdpu
(and soon@npub1tmd…cu5x )
Right here: https://whitepaperbooks.com/collections/nostr-authors
These were the only books I was able to get through my distributor.
**If you're one of these authors and you'd like to work together to make these and more of your books available without going through the distributor**, please get in touch through the contact form on the site, in a DM here, or at @npub19ma…axkl .
Nostr + Bitcoin + Books = ....there's gotta be something here!

2025-09-30 00:56:23 UTC

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shameless plug :)
https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/hidden-repression-how-the-imf-and-world-bank-sell-exploitation-as-development?_pos=1&_psq=imf&_ss=e&_v=1.0

2025-09-30 00:46:38 UTC

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Next time...
https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/mastering-bitcoin-programming-the-open-blockchain?_pos=1&_psq=mastering&_ss=e&_v=1.0

2025-09-30 00:45:55 UTC

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You got it!
https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/intro-to-bitcoin-hope-for-a-better-world
https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/future-proof
Maybe @npub1t92…agf4 and I can work out a better deal than both of us giving the distributor a cut...

2025-09-30 00:22:37 UTC

you have a few hours left!
#nevent1q…9374

2025-09-30 00:13:07 UTC

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do you have physical copies with you that you would be able to ship?

2025-09-29 18:55:27 UTC

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Thanks!

2025-09-29 17:41:59 UTC

HPBD Ludwig! Get 10% off any Mises titles today at Whitepaper Books
https://whitepaperbooks.com/collections/ludwig-von-mises-birthday-sale
#nevent1q…89vq

2025-09-29 17:12:15 UTC

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And if we don't have it, you can request it! We've already accommodated a number of visitor requests 😎
https://whitepaperbooks.com/collections/customer-requests?filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&sort_by=created-descending

2025-09-29 16:55:25 UTC

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We work with a large distributor to fulfill orders for print books (paperbacks, hardcover, some audiobooks on CD).
email me at whitepaperbooks@protonmail.com - I can help you find the distributor and try to get into their "self-publishing" pipeline. Once you're in their system, we would happily stock your work! You'll fit right in here: https://whitepaperbooks.com/collections/nostr-authors

2025-09-25 21:23:49 UTC

Do you know an author on Nostr who should be added to this special collection? Let us know if so and we'll add them!
https://whitepaperbooks.com/collections/nostr-authors

2025-09-25 16:09:18 UTC

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So it looks like they will ship to "A valid address in most countries in the world". This is promising, but I'll need to make sure my ecommerce side can handle it as well.

2025-09-25 15:56:14 UTC

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Fairly certain we can't do ebooks, but I'm looking closer into the agreement and we might actually already be able to do international shipping... I'll report back here!

2025-09-25 15:51:06 UTC

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Give us some example titles and we'll check if our distributor has them!

2025-09-24 21:32:24 UTC

Working on getting the "Author" field working properly in the filters. Once that's done I'll create a "Nostr authors" collection and tag the hell out of all the amazingnpubs here.

2025-09-24 16:39:17 UTC

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They're physical books! I guess if you can find a scanner :)

2025-09-24 16:38:48 UTC

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Deeply appreciated! We're a nostr-only team (of one) over here, so getting the word out is a bit difficult.

2025-09-24 16:30:54 UTC

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Added! https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/exit-voice-and-loyalty-responses-to-decline-in-firms-organizations-and-states
lol

2025-09-24 16:20:13 UTC

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Just added this now, because I can :P
https://whitepaperbooks.com/products/firm-the-market-and-the-law

2025-09-24 16:04:10 UTC

We love fulfilling special recommendations!
#nevent1q…k5uh

2025-09-24 16:03:49 UTC

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See you there ;)

2025-09-24 16:03:22 UTC

We appreciate you so much!!
#nevent1q…dlhj

2025-09-24 16:03:08 UTC

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Yea I'm not thrilled about that... It's a limitation of Shopify, to the best of my understanding. One day!

2025-09-24 15:26:47 UTC

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I absolutely did. I want fonts to include a lowercase "b" with vertical bars though it (the way the Bitcoin uppercase "B") works.
You can switch the display to decimal bitcoin if you prefer - button in lower right.

2025-09-24 14:47:53 UTC

Our favorite customer is happy! We couldn't me more pleased.
@npub1vwy…zugd I think we had reached out a few months ago about the same. We'd love to be included in the #circleP !
#nevent1q…0zx5

2025-09-24 03:20:09 UTC

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Also a bad idea to eat or drink today - or maybe not even tomorrow or the next day! Definitely defer that consumption as well. This is true low time preference.

2025-09-24 03:18:31 UTC

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Well it took longer than I thought, but we're finally live and the inventory is beginning to fill up.
I'm used to working in permissionless spaces where the only limit to the speed of development and production is my own competence (which is often a serious impediment!). But this endeavour was different. I wanted to sell some books through an online store and take bitcoin payments - only bitcoin payments. The latter part was the easy piece for all the reasons we know and love: sending bitcoin is permissionless and easy! The hard part was everything else...
I needed a relationship with a distributor to provide the inventory and handle shipping and fulfillment.
To set up this relationship, the distributor required me to have:
A registered business
Various retail permits
A credit card
Fulfillment and API legal agreements signed
The business had to be registered with The State
Needed a tax exemption for wholesaling
Sales tax nexus reporting
Separate tax returns
Other details I won't bore you with.
(Somehow I got away without needing a USD bank account...)
All of this - especially the parts involving the state - were so slow. I began to see all the places where if this party or that company or this government office dealt in bitcoin or decentralized reputation and contract, everything could have sped up 10x or 100x.
If I wasn't already pessimistic about legacy financial and business systems, it goes without saying that this experience has totally black-pilled me.
I look forward to a brighter future where more of us can do this better.
I'm running this operation as Bitcoin-Standard as possible. All payments are in bitcoin, my business's balance is in bitcoin, I use a variety of custodian accounts (like Strike and OpenNode) to help out when a pesky third-party like the goverment wants to be paid in US Dollars. I don't hold any dollars that I don't have to.
I could have stocked a couple of boxes of books in my basement and run an online store with three or four titles and accomplished that pretty permissionlessly and even optionally pseudonymously. ...But I wanted Bitcoiners to have the option to buy ANY book with the best money humanity has ever discovered. So here we are. I've got an LLC and "permits" (oh, thank you for permitting me to trade books for long secret strings of letters and numbers!) and tax returns and legal agreements and stuff.
You're welcome :)
Oh last thing: I'm not making any money on this. Assuming I break even (the Shopify<>Distributor integration is not cheap) and net some profit, it's all going to a local brick and mortar book store. Maybe if Whitepaper Books is wildly successful I'll keep some of the profit, but for now it's all going to support the culture and resilience of my local community. That's Bitcoin.
Cypherpunks read books
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If you're curious about how this store works on a slightly more technical level:
It's a Shopify store (almost free; cheap)
Uses a plugin that connects to my distriubtor in order to pull in books and talk to their API for fulfillment (very much non-free)
Uses the OpenNode Shopify plugin to take bitcoin payments directly to my OpenNode account. This is a custodial account but its trivial to withdraw to self custody via onchain or lightning (free)

2025-09-24 03:10:36 UTC

We're officially live.
Here's a first blog post explaining some of our story (and why it took so long!)
https://whitepaperbooks.com/blogs/news/finally-live-and-backstory

2025-09-23 21:43:17 UTC

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Good advice! Only trade your money for things that are definitely worth it to you today. Like good books.

2025-09-23 21:42:38 UTC

Getting Live-er by the day!!
#nevent1q…vhyg

2025-09-23 16:23:47 UTC

We're finally crossing the finish line. No reason we won't be fully stocked this week.
Hey, Christmas is coming up, right?
#nevent1q…c79e

2025-09-23 16:22:49 UTC

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#nevent1q…s3pd

2025-08-25 20:49:42 UTC

Very important developments this week on the business front - getting really close to opening with full inventory!

2025-07-18 00:21:41 UTC

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I like where this is headed

2025-07-17 12:38:04 UTC

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Good tip, won't call it a sale. I'm not the one changing the price, anyway, it's everyone else in the world ;)