BLOCKCHAIN LORDS

A speculative thriller woven through real Bitcoin history.

Blockchain Lords:The Battle for Bitcoin

Bitcoin changed our world. It awakened another.

When Satoshi Nakamoto launches Bitcoin, he draws the attention of another world. Lady Jane and a powerful Lord cross into ours—each determined to shape Bitcoin’s fate.

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  • REAL BITCOIN HISTORY
  • PARALLEL WORLDS
  • A HIDDEN WAR

THE BOOK

The history you know.The hidden war you don’t.

On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto publishes the Bitcoin white paper. In a parallel reality, it sets off a signal no one can explain. That world is the Chain Verse, twenty years ahead of ours in time, where powerful Blockchain Lords have built a civilization on the technology our world is only beginning to discover.

Satoshi’s invention could tip the balance in a hidden struggle for power. Lady Jane and a powerful Lord cross into our world, each determined to shape Bitcoin’s fate as Satoshi builds a new kind of money. From the Genesis Block to the collapse of Mt. Gox, real events become the battlegrounds of an extraordinary secret war.

Blending historical fiction with a speculative thriller, Blockchain Lords brings together action, intrigue, and an emotional journey across two worlds—where the fight for Bitcoin’s future is also a fight for freedom.

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Blockchain Lords: The Battle for Bitcoin by David Ross, featuring Satoshi and Jane before a luminous portal.

KEY MILESTONES

Real history. Extraordinary fiction.

Key moments from our world set the stage for a larger story.

Historical events provide the setting. The Council of Lords, the Chain Verse, and the secret causes imagined in the novel are fictional.

  1. October 31, 2008

    The White Paper

    Satoshi Nakamoto shares the proposal for peer-to-peer electronic cash.

  2. January 3, 2009

    The Genesis Block

    Bitcoin’s first block is mined. The network’s story begins.

  3. May 22, 2010

    Bitcoin Pizza Day

    Two pizzas are bought for 10,000 BTC, demonstrating a real-world transaction.

  4. August 15, 2010

    The Value Overflow Incident

    An exploited validation flaw creates invalid coins. Developers release a fix, and the valid chain overtakes the compromised one.

  5. December 2010 – April 2011

    Satoshi’s Departure

    Satoshi steps away from public participation and later tells a developer that he has moved on to other things.

  6. November 28, 2012

    The First Halving

    At block 210,000, the mining reward drops from 50 BTC to 25 BTC.

  7. October 2013

    Silk Road Shutdown

    The darknet marketplace is shut down, bringing renewed scrutiny to Bitcoin.

  8. February 2014

    The Mt. Gox Collapse

    The major exchange suspends withdrawals and files for bankruptcy.

  9. August 1, 2017

    The Bitcoin Cash Fork

    A prolonged dispute over scaling culminates in a split creating Bitcoin Cash.

  10. December 2017 – December 2018

    Peak and Crypto Winter

    A dramatic market high gives way to a prolonged downturn across cryptocurrency markets.

  11. September 7, 2021

    El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law Takes Effect

    El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender under its 2021 law.

  12. January 10, 2024

    Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval

    U.S. approval opens another route to Bitcoin exposure through traditional brokerage markets.

KEY PLAYERS

Meet the Lords

  • Satoshi

    The Builder

    A quiet programmer who just launched a new kind of money, and has no idea who else is watching.

  • Lady Jane

    The Protector

    She loved the first Lord One. Now she leads a secret team sent to keep the next potential Lord One alive.

  • Lord Cain

    The Adversary

    Charming, patient and powerful. In our world he calls himself a tech investor. He wants Bitcoin to fail.

  • Lord Hal

    The Ally

    Brilliant, fiercely loyal to Lord One, and the owner of a very fast flying wheelchair.

  • Lord V

    The Strategist

    Calm, precise and always three moves ahead. A master swordsman of the Sword Society who plans every fight before it starts.

  • Lord C

    The Question Mark

    A senior Lord who keeps his distance and his reasons to himself. On a Council with a traitor in its ranks, that makes people nervous.

  • Lady Scarlet

    The Blade

    Cain's special operations chief. Trained by the Sword Society, then cast out of it, she has something to prove.

  • Lord Kronos

    The Shadow

    Few have seen him, and fewer speak his name. Even Cain answers to someone.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Ross

David Ross was born in Brooklyn, New York and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. When he is not writing, he enjoys playing tennis, swimming, and home improvement projects.

David is a programmer and a fan of good discussions. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, a master’s degree in Psychology, and a Ph.D. in International Psychology.

David has spent years building database-driven applications. He has now turned Bitcoin’s history into fiction. The novel, Blockchain Lords: The Battle for Bitcoin, reimagines the Genesis Block, Mt. Gox, the fork wars and more as battles in a war between dimensions.

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