Bitcoin v0.2

Keyword reference — entries that mention this term in body prose.

Defined in: Bitcoin v0.2 released on SourceForge

2 entries reference this keyword in body prose.

Event January 9, 2009 Added May 23, 2026 Updated October 14, 2026 Analysis

Satoshi's Windows workbench: 27 months of MinGW and Visual C++ 6.0, then a Linux build of his own

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Martti Malmi, Gavin Andresen, Hal Finney, Wei Dai, Adam Back, Laszlo Hanyecz, The Madhatter

Satoshi coded Bitcoin on Windows for 27 months, mainly with MinGW. In November 2009 he finished the Linux build Martti Malmi had started; by mid-2010 there were Windows, Linux and Mac releases.

Event October 26, 2009 Added March 1, 2026 Updated October 13, 2026 Biography

Eugen Leitl — Cypherpunk and transhumanist who participated in early Bitcoin discussions

Eugen Leitl

German cryobiologist, transhumanist, and cypherpunk who joined the bitcoin-list discussion in October 2009, replying to Satoshi's post about Bitcoin stability and asking about Debian packages.