From Forbes, published online April 20, 2011 (print edition May 9, 2011):
“Crypto Currency” by Andy Greenberg was one of the first major print magazine articles about Bitcoin.
Gavin Andresen told Forbes:
“Bitcoin is designed to bring us back to a decentralized currency of the people.”
“This is like better gold than gold.”
The article described Bitcoin developers as Gavin’s “underground cadre of cypherpunks” working on anonymous money. Satoshi Nakamoto reportedly objected to this characterization.
The article also described Bitcoin as potentially untraceable — an assessment Greenberg later acknowledged was incorrect, as cryptocurrency proved to be extremely traceable through blockchain analysis. Satoshi himself had anticipated this months earlier, cautioning that Bitcoin was pseudonymous rather than truly anonymous — see Satoshi’s July 2010 warning to Martti Malmi on anonymity and pseudonymity.