Intellectual Property · v1.0 · 2026-09-05

Trademarks & Coined Terms

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.

Not legal advice. This is a public register of our marks and coined terminology. Nothing here creates a license to use them. Please contact [email protected] before commercial use of any listed mark.

Marks & coined terms

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
THE BOY WHO CRIED BITCOIN	Copyright	Manuscript / literary work — copyright of Satoshi Negromoto	2026-08-31	Registration pending copyright.gov

Bitcoin-anchored first-use evidence

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.

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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.md

Trademark notice format

When we (or our licensees, if any) reference these marks in text or on products, we use:

First use in a document: full mark with the appropriate symbol (PROOF OF MERCH MINING™)
Subsequent uses: the plain mark (Proof of Merch Mining™)
Physical products (tees, hangtags, inside labels): mark with symbol printed at least once per artefact

Permitted uses without a license

Journalistic, editorial, academic, or educational reference to our marks (nominative fair use)
Comparative statements that identify us honestly
Non-commercial commentary and criticism
Buyer verification of your own merch block (scan the QR, use the CLI, cite the block hash — all encouraged)

Uses that require our written permission

Using any of our marks as your own brand, product name, domain, social handle, or company name
Reproducing our marks on your own merchandise for sale
Suggesting endorsement, affiliation, or licensing by us when none exists
Registering our marks (or confusingly similar variants) anywhere in the world

Licensing & contact

Licensing enquiries: [email protected].

General contact: [email protected].

Change log

2026-09-05, v1.0: Initial public register. First-use dates carried over from Whitepaper v2.0 (2026-08-31) and site launch (2026-09-01 through 2026-09-05).

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.