Satoshi MillionaireFor everyone
A gentle start with questions most people can answer. New to bitcoin? Start here.
- Questions
- Friendly, tougher near the top
- Clock
- 30 seconds a block
- The plebs
- Right 4 times in 5
- Finishing
- Most players get well up the ladder
Invite-only launch · 21 October · by The Bitcoin Digest
Think you know Bitcoin? Prove it.
21 questions that get harder with every block, against the clock. Three lifelines, a crowd of opinionated plebs, three levels up to Impossible.
The first 1,000 players get in first. Each of them gets 5 invites. Then it's whoever they choose.
Invites open in
–days
–hours
–min
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One email with your code when your turn comes. No newsletter unless you ask. Already have a code?
You're invited
Your code is . Install the app, enter it on the first screen, and you're in.
Free to play · You win points, not bitcoin
How it plays
One wrong answer and it's over
- Beat the clock. Every question has 30 seconds (on Impossible the clock halves at blocks 8 and 15). Pick an answer, then lock it in.
- Grow your chain. Each right answer adds a block and moves you up the ladder.
- Bank your points. Blocks 7 and 14 are safe havens: points reached there are yours to keep.
- Know when to walk. Not sure? Walk away with what you have before you answer.
The ladder, in points
BLOCK 1100
BLOCK 2200
BLOCK 3300
BLOCK 4500
BLOCK 51,000
BLOCK 62×Sponsor bonus
BLOCK 72,000◆ Safe haven
BLOCK 84,000
BLOCK 98,000
BLOCK 1016,000
BLOCK 1132,000
BLOCK 122×Sponsor bonus
BLOCK 1364,000
BLOCK 14100,000◆ Safe haven
BLOCK 15125,000
BLOCK 16250,000
BLOCK 17400,000
BLOCK 182×Sponsor bonus
BLOCK 19500,000
BLOCK 20750,000
BLOCK 211MSatoshi Millionaire
Question blockSponsor block: right answer doubles your points, wrong answer costs nothingSafe haven
Pick your level
For everyone. And for the hardcore.
The same 21 blocks, played three very different ways.
For the plebs
Easy at the bottom, tough at the top. The Daily Block is always played here.
- Questions
- Warm-ups to expert
- Clock
- 30 seconds a block
- The plebs
- Right 4 times in 5
- Finishing
- Seasoned Bitcoiners need many tries
For the hardcore
Bloody hard questions, a countdown clock with its own halvings, and unreasonable expectations. Enter at your peril.
- Questions
- Hard from the start, expert by block 4
- Clock
by block - 30s20s10s
- The plebs
- Right 3 times in 5
- Finishing
- Almost nobody
Health warning Expect a racing pulse.
Three lifelines, once each per game
When you're stuck
50:50
Fifty-fifty
Two wrong answers vanish. The right one is still in there somewhere.
+30
More time
Thirty more seconds on the clock when the question needs thinking about. On Impossible it adds one more block's worth of the halved clock.
Ask the plebs
The crowd shouts, heckles and votes. They're usually right. Usually.
"Have fun staying poor!"
Have you got what it takes?
Learn something every block.
From the genesis block to the cypherpunks, mining to monetary history. By the top of the chain you'll need to know your BIPs. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you learn something even when you lose.
2,600+questions, and new ones arrive without an app update
Bitcoin history, 2008 to 2012Bitcoin history since 2013Cryptography and cypherpunksBitcoin technicalSelf-custody and securityUpgrades, BIPs and LightningMining and energyMoney and economic historyAustrian economicsPeople, books and mediaCulture and memesNumbers and logic
Challenge your friends
Same questions. Head to head.
Finish a game and send a challenge. Your friend gets your exact 21 questions, and when they're done you both see who won. Then there's the Daily Block: one set of questions for everyone, every day, so you can keep a streak and compare scores with anyone.
Challenge
Your score against a friend's, on the same questions.
Leagues
Start a private league, invite your friends, and get your own Daily, Overall and Fastest tables.
Daily
Today's Daily Block. Highest points, then fastest time.
Overall
Every player's best game, ranked by points then time.
Fastest
The quickest anyone has answered all 21.
Play it in the room
Live at meetups and conferences
Put the game on the big screen. The host runs it from their phone, one person at a time plays on theirs, and the rest of the room is the plebs: when the player asks them, everyone votes from their seat and the bars fill on screen. Right or wrong stays hidden until the host reveals it.
In the app: Live → Host an event. Open satmil.live/CODE on the screen. Nothing to install on the TV.
Host
Name the event, pick the level, get a 4-letter code. Pick contestants at random, reveal answers when you're ready.
Contestant
Join with the code and tap "I'll play". When you're picked, the game starts on your phone.
Crowd
Join as "Just watching". You're the Ask the Plebs lifeline: vote live when a player calls on you.
From our early players
What they say
Is it free?
Yes. The game is free to download and free to play. Sponsors pay for three clearly marked sponsor blocks in each game, which is how we keep it free.
Do I mine real blocks or win bitcoin?
No. The blocks are a nod to how Bitcoin works: each right answer adds a block to your chain in the game. You play for points, and points have no cash value. We may add a sponsor-funded Prize Block later that pays real sats where the law allows; it would come with its own rules.
How hard is it?
The first blocks are warm-ups. The questions get harder with every block, and the last few are tough even for people who have been around Bitcoin for years. That is the point.
Are there difficulty levels?
Three. Easy is for everyone: a gentle start, for half points. Intermediate is the full game, and the Daily Block is always played on it. Impossible is for the hardcore: hard from the first block and expert soon after, the plebs are less reliable, and the clock halves like bitcoin's block reward, 30 seconds for blocks 1 to 7, 20 for blocks 8 to 14 and 10 for blocks 15 to 21. Triple points if you survive.
How do challenges work?
Finish a game and tap Challenge a friend. They get a link to the exact same 21 questions. When they finish, you both see who won.
When is it coming to iPhone and Google Play?
Soon. Leave your email below and we will tell you the day it lands. Android players can install it now from this page.
Is the Android download safe?
It is the same app we submit to Google Play, signed by us. Download it only from satoshimillionaire.app. The first time, Android asks you to allow installs from your browser; you can switch that off again afterwards.
Do I need an account?
No. You can play straight away. Sign in with your email to get on the leaderboards, keep your streak across phones and collect sponsor discount codes.
I found a wrong answer.
Tell us through the contact form below and include the question. We fix mistakes fast.
Invite-only launch
Be in the first 1,000
Get your invite code by email when your turn comes. Each player who gets in hands out 5 more. iPhone and Google Play follow the launch.
Contact
Talk to us
Wrong answers, questions, sponsorships, press or account deletion. We reply by email, usually within a couple of days.
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