Dan Kaminsky

Embedded an ASCII-art memorial to Len Sassaman directly into the Bitcoin blockchain

3 entries

Event July 30, 2011 Added April 29, 2026 Updated September 19, 2026 Article

Dan Kaminsky's Len Sassaman tribute embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain

After Len Sassaman's death (July 3, 2011), security researcher Dan Kaminsky embedded an ASCII-art tribute into the Bitcoin blockchain, announced July 30 and revealed at Black Hat USA 2011.

Event November 23, 2011 Added March 21, 2026 Updated September 19, 2026 Article

"The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin" — Wired's landmark feature on Bitcoin's first boom and bust

Benjamin Wallace ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto, Gavin Andresen, Laszlo Hanyecz, Jeff Garzik, Hal Finney, Wei Dai, Nick Szabo, Stefan Thomas, Dan Kaminsky, Amir Taaki

Benjamin Wallace's Wired feature — an early major mainstream article on Bitcoin. Traces the whitepaper, mining boom, Mt. Gox hack, and growing pains, ending with Garzik's "We really don't care."

Event October 10, 2011 Added February 8, 2026 Updated September 19, 2026 Article

Dan Kaminsky's Bitcoin security analysis

Joshua Davis ↔ Dan Kaminsky, Satoshi Nakamoto

Security researcher Dan Kaminsky tries to find vulnerabilities in Bitcoin and fails. "I came up with beautiful bugs. But every time I went after the code there was a line that addressed the problem."