This page records the trademarks, service marks, and originator claims of 21 Million Publishing House and Satoshi Negromoto. First-use dates are cryptographically anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain via OpenTimestamps.
| Mark | Type | Class / use | First public use | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROOF OF MERCH MINING™ a.k.a. POMM™ | Service mark | Class 042 — cryptographic provenance system for numbered merchandise editions, hash-chain ledger anchored to Bitcoin | 2026-08-31 | In use, common-law |
| MERCH MINING™ | Trademark | Class 025 & 042 — mechanic where purchasing a numbered edition mints a block in the merch chain | 2026-08-31 | In use, common-law |
| THE MERCH CHAIN™ | Trademark | Class 042 — the append-only hash-chain of merchandise editions | 2026-08-31 | In use, common-law |
| MINE YOUR BLOCK™ | Trademark | Class 025 & 035 — call-to-action for merch purchase-as-mint | 2026-08-31 | In use, common-law |
| 21 MILLION PUBLISHING HOUSE™ | Trademark | Class 016 & 041 — publishing services, books, imprint of record | 2026-08-31 | In use, common-law |
| SATOSHI NEGROMOTO™ | Trademark | Class 016, 041 & 025 — pen-name / author identity, entertainment, merch character | 2026-09-01 | In use, common-law |
| BITCOINAIRE™ as used by 21 Million Publishing House in Class 025 | Trademark | Class 025 — apparel line (distinct from BITCOINAIRE Serial 86878951 which is Class 036 financial services) | 2026-09-04 | In use, common-law |
| TO ₿ OR NOT TO ₿™ | Trademark | Class 025 — slogan for apparel (tees, hoodies, hats) under the BITCOINAIRE™ house. Bitcoin-symbol wordplay on Shakespeare's Hamlet (source in the public domain; pun-transformation is original). | 2026-09-06 | Common-law ™. File slogan mark with USPTO next. |
| THE BOOK CHAIN™ | Trademark | Class 016, 025 & 041 — series of numbered, chained physical books; apparel line (tees, hoodies, hats); publishing house imprint for cryptographically-anchored book editions | 2026-09-06 | In use, common-law |
| THE BOY WHO CRIED BITCOIN | Copyright | Manuscript / literary work — copyright of Satoshi Negromoto | 2026-08-31 | Registration pending copyright.gov |
Every mark listed above was published, in context, in the Proof of Merch Mining Whitepaper v2.0 on the date noted. The whitepaper's SHA-256 hash was submitted to four independent OpenTimestamps calendars, creating a cryptographic proof of publication that will (within hours) be permanently anchored to a Bitcoin block header.
loading...Anyone can independently verify these first-use dates:
$ curl -O https://21millionpublishing.com/PROOF-OF-MERCH-MINING-whitepaper.md
$ curl -O https://21millionpublishing.com/PROOF-OF-MERCH-MINING-whitepaper.md.ots
$ ots verify PROOF-OF-MERCH-MINING-whitepaper.mdWhen we (or our licensees, if any) reference these marks in text or on products, we use:
PROOF OF MERCH MINING™)Proof of Merch Mining™)Licensing enquiries: [email protected].
General contact: [email protected].
21 Million Publishing House · [email protected]
Trademarks and service marks are the property of 21 Million Publishing House LLC (in formation). Common-law rights arise from actual first use in commerce, independent of any federal registration.
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