readwhitepaper

Rust client for the ReadWhitepaper API — a blockchain whitepaper database hosting 30 cryptocurrency whitepapers with section-level content, 163 glossary terms, full-text search, and 3,458 translations across 15 languages. Async, fully typed, powered by reqwest + serde.

Explore the whitepapers at readwhitepaper.com — Bitcoin Whitepaper, Ethereum Whitepaper, API Docs

Install

[dependencies]
readwhitepaper = "0.1"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }

Quick Start

use readwhitepaper::ReadWhitepaperClient;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), readwhitepaper::Error> {
    let client = ReadWhitepaperClient::new();

    // List all 30 cryptocurrency whitepapers
    let whitepapers = client.list_whitepapers(None, None, None).await?;
    for wp in &whitepapers.results {
        println!("{} — {} ({})", wp.crypto.ticker, wp.authors[0], wp.year);
        // BTC — Satoshi Nakamoto (2008)
        // ETH — Vitalik Buterin (2013)
    }

    // Read Bitcoin's whitepaper section by section
    let bitcoin = client.get_whitepaper("bitcoin", None).await?;
    for section in &bitcoin.sections {
        println!("§{}: {}", section.section_number, section.heading_text);
    }

    // Search across all whitepapers for a concept
    let results = client.search("proof of work", None, None).await?;
    for r in &results {
        println!("{} — {}: {}", r.slug, r.heading, r.snippet);
    }

    // Get the blockchain glossary
    let glossary = client.list_glossary(Some(5), None, None).await?;
    for term in &glossary.results {
        println!("{} [{}] — appears {}x", term.term, term.category, term.occurrence_count);
    }

    Ok(())
}

What You'll Find on ReadWhitepaper

ReadWhitepaper hosts the foundational documents of 30 major cryptocurrencies. A cryptocurrency whitepaper is the primary technical document describing a blockchain protocol's design, consensus mechanism, and economic model. The tradition began with Satoshi Nakamoto's 2008 Bitcoin whitepaper.

Rank	Ticker	Author(s)	Year	Sections
1	BTC	Satoshi Nakamoto	2008	14
2	ETH	Vitalik Buterin	2013	23
3	USDT	J.R. Willett	2016	10
4	XRP	D. Schwartz, N. Youngs, A. Britto	2014	11
5	SOL	Anatoly Yakovenko	2017	12

163 blockchain glossary terms across 12 categories, 15-language translations with 3,458 individual translations, and a whitepaper relationship graph.

API Methods

Method	Description
`list_whitepapers(limit, page, language)`	List all 30 whitepapers
`get_whitepaper(slug, language)`	Get whitepaper detail with sections
`get_sections(slug, language)`	Get sections only
`get_toc(slug, language)`	Get table of contents
`get_coverage(slug)`	Get translation coverage
`list_glossary(limit, page, language)`	List 163 glossary terms
`get_glossary_term(slug, language)`	Get term detail
`search(query, slug, language)`	Full-text search
`get_stats()`	Platform statistics
`get_languages()`	Supported languages
`get_graph()`	Relationship graph

Learn More About Blockchain Whitepapers

Read: Bitcoin Whitepaper . Ethereum Whitepaper . All Whitepapers
Explore: Blockchain Glossary . Whitepaper Graph
API: REST API Docs

Also Available

Platform	Package	Install
PyPI	readwhitepaper	`pip install readwhitepaper`
npm	readwhitepaper	`npm install readwhitepaper`
Go	readwhitepaper-go	`go get github.com/dobestan/readwhitepaper-go`
Ruby	readwhitepaper	`gem install readwhitepaper`

Embed Widget

Embed ReadWhitepaper widgets on any website with readwhitepaper-embed:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/readwhitepaper-embed@1/dist/embed.min.js"></script>
<div data-readwhitepaper="entity" data-slug="example"></div>

Zero dependencies · Shadow DOM · 4 themes (light/dark/sepia/auto) · Widget docs

License

MIT

readwhitepaper 0.1.1