In this piece we examine the history of the Bitcoin forum, which Satoshi launched in November 2009 and is still around today. In particular we focus on various hacks which impacted the forum in the 2011 to 2015 period. We also focus on the forum’s finances, including donations it received of over 6,000 BTC and how these funds were spent. In early Bitcoin history, the forum was a treasure trove of comments and discussion and a hugely valuable resource. The story described in this piece can be considered somewhat similar to our article on the Bitcoin Foundation. In that the organisation was not able to sufficiently expand and improve the governance, controls, security practices and execution at a sufficient pace to keep up with Bitcoin’s rapid rise. However, all things considered the forum fared far better than the Bitcoin Foundation and those involved deserve at least a degree of praise.