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NewLibertyStandard published the first-ever exchange rate for Bitcoin: $1 = 1,309.03 BTC ($0.000764 per BTC). The rate was calculated based on the electricity cost required to mine Bitcoin — a rudimentary but historically significant first attempt to assign monetary value to Bitcoin.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Welcome to the new Bitcoin forum!".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Repost: Bitcoin Maturation".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Repost: Request: Make this anonymous?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Repost: How anonymous are bitcoins?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Repost: Linux/UNIX compile".
Satoshi explains that Bitcoin generation has a real cost in electricity and computing resources, drawing parallels to gold mining.
madhatter starts a discussion: A few suggestions.
SmokeTooMuch starts a discussion: Questions about Bitcoin.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin 0.2 released!".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Is my second Transaction working correctly?".
madhatter starts a discussion: 64bit support.
madhatter starts a discussion: TOR and I2P.
Satoshi explains Bitcoin's privacy model, comparing it to the privacy model of stock exchanges where the public can see transactions but not who is behind them.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Number of connections?".
riX starts a discussion: Bitcoin crash when sending coins.
Satoshi discusses the difficulty of applying traditional tax frameworks to Bitcoin, noting the similarities to trading precious metals or collectibles online.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Blocks never stop generating?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Payment server".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "A newb's test - anyone want to buy a picture for $1?".
Sabunir starts a discussion: Questions about Addresses.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Win32 CPU Cycles vs 'Live Protection' Engines?".
NewLibertyStandard proposed adopting the Thai baht currency symbol (฿) as Bitcoin's official symbol and 'BTC' as the three-letter currency code. This proposal on BitcoinTalk established the currency notation still used today.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Proof-of-work difficulty increasing".
Satoshi explains the importance of Bitcoin being open source, arguing that the source code itself is the specification and that trust comes from transparency.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "How divisible are bitcoins and other market/economic questions".
Martti Malmi (sirius) starts a discussion: Make your "we accept Bitcoin" logo.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin client and website translation".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Simple to implement feature requests".
theymos starts a discussion: What's with this odd generation?.
nphyx starts a discussion: DEB Package?.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Setting up multiple bitcoin machines behind NAT".
ec starts a discussion: URI-scheme for bitcoin.
Suggester starts a discussion: The current Bitcoin economic model doesn't work.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Number of connections".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Post your static IP".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "UI improvements".
NewLibertyStandard starts a discussion: Bitcoin Address Collisions.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "generation slowed down dramatically".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Command Line and JSON-RPC".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "New icon/logo".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "wxWidgets 2.9.0".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Money Transfer Regulations".
fergalish starts a discussion: bitcoin auto-renice-ing.
soultcer starts a discussion: On IRC bootstrapping.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Idea for file hosting and proxy services".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "who is bitcoin.com".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Exchange Methods".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Could the bitcoin network be destroyed...".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "For a website taking payments with bitcoins...".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Exception: 9key_error error".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "removing bitcoin addresses".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Is there a way to automate bitcoin payments...".
Laszlo Hanyecz posts his famous offer to pay 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas, leading to the first known real-world Bitcoin transaction on May 22, 2010 — now celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Ummmm... where did my bitcoins go?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "We accept Bitcoins".
Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas — the first purchase of a physical good with Bitcoin. The transaction, completed on May 22, 2010, is celebrated annually as 'Bitcoin Pizza Day.' At the time, 10,000 BTC was worth approximately $41.
NewLibertyStandard starts a discussion: Bitcoin in Ubuntu 10.04.
HostFat starts a discussion: Website and software translations.
HostFat starts a discussion: Website and software translations.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Tracing a coin's lineage".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "CLI bitcoin generation".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Odd amount of generated coins".
Satoshi asks the community to delay GPU mining, wanting to maintain fairness while the network is still growing and attracting new users.
lachesis starts a discussion: Dealing with SHA-256 Collisions.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Hostnames instead of IP Addresses".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Technical clarifications".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "What is the incentive to collect transactions?".
Gavin Andresen starts a discussion: Transactions and Scripts: DUP HASH160 ... EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "new binary release?".
Satoshi discusses Bitcoin's scalability, comparing potential transaction volume to Visa and explaining how the system can scale with technological progress.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Get 5 free bitcoins from freebitcoins.appspot.com".
Satoshi Nakamoto announces version 0.3 is almost ready and requests testing of the Mac version.
Satoshi Nakamoto starts a discussion: 0.3 almost ready -- please test the Mac version!.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "0.3 almost ready -- please test the Mac version!".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "How fast do the fastest computers generate bitcoins?".
llama starts a discussion: Major Meltdown.
Satoshi explains Bitcoin's divisibility and potential future value. He suggests that if Bitcoin becomes widely used, each coin could be worth much more.
Xunie starts a discussion: Bitcoin clients getting k-lined from the IRC bootstrapping channel.
Satoshi Nakamoto starts a discussion: Beta?.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Bitcoin mobile.".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Building BitCoin Client completely Headless".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Bitcoin Faucet changes".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "IPv6, headless client, and more".
lachesis starts a discussion: Feature Request: Limiting Connections.
Satoshi explains the economics of mining and the difficulty adjustment in plain terms, noting that the system is designed to be fair regardless of computing power.
Satoshi explains the currency supply schedule, the 21 million coin limit, and how the system transitions from coin generation to transaction fees.
Satoshi critiques a Slashdot submission draft, rejecting the 'anonymous' framing and 'stable-with-respect-to-energy' claims, noting how hard it is to describe Bitcoin for general audiences.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin 0.3 released!".
m0mchil starts a discussion: bitcoin 0.3 win64 - broken access to APPDATA if non-latin characters in username.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Anonymity".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "BTC Vulnerability? (Massive Attack against BTC system. Is it really?)".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Security".
Mionione starts a discussion: Flood attack 0.00000001 BC.
knightmb starts a discussion: Runaway CPU usage for 64bit BitCoin (Linux Client).
andy_3_913 starts a discussion: resource hog.
Giulio Prisco starts a discussion: They want to delete the Wikipedia article.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "No blocks downloaded... why?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "stopped prodicing coins".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Building Bitcoin 0.3".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Stuck on 513 blocks".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Error on Ubuntu 10.04".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Warning this block was not received by any other nodes".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Hash/sec Throttling for Democracy".
Satoshi introduces the alert system in Bitcoin, a mechanism to broadcast warnings to all nodes in case of critical bugs or network issues.
Satoshi Nakamoto starts a discussion: Bitcoin 0.3.1 released.
EricJ2190 starts a discussion: "SetIcons(): icon bundle doesn't contain any suitable icon".
AndrewBuck starts a discussion: Source code documentation.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "[Bitcoin 0.3.0] Runtime error".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Static Linux x86_64 bins for those having libcrypto troubles".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin 0.3.1 released".
singpolyma starts a discussion: Assertion Failure - Ubuntu Lucid.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Donations to freebitcoins.appspot.com needed!".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Fedora 13 libcrypto".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Resending transaction".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Hash() function not secure".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Request: expected bitcoins per day display".
Insti starts a discussion: Bitcoin snack machine (fast transaction problem).
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "The dollar cost of bitmining energy".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Website integration for bitcoin".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Sample account system using JSON-RPC needed".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "A New Currency System for the World".
wobber starts a discussion: Nenolod, the guy that wants to prove Bitcoin doesn't work..
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "BUG Report: Rounding glitch".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Privacy versus Safety: handling change".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin 0.3.2 released".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Network Size".
Satoshi explains the security of Bitcoin's keypair generation and the astronomical odds against address collision.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "JSON-RPC password".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Did block generation crawl to a halt?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Warning: don't use -server or bitcoind where you web browse (v0.3.2 and lower)".
mtgox starts a discussion: bitcoind not responding to RPC.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Faster initial block download (5x faster)".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "JSON-RPC Multiple Invocations".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.2.5 -- please test!".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Reading/Writing Blocks and FLATDATA".
lfm starts a discussion: a simple traffic load test run.
Red starts a discussion: Stealing Coins.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin 0.3.3 released -- PLEASE UPGRADE".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "md5?".
Olipro starts a discussion: Bitcoin x86 for Windows.
xc starts a discussion: Bitcoin does NOT violate Mises' Regression Theorem.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "bitcoind without wxWidgets".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Bitcoin x64 for Windows".
psyvenrix starts a discussion: Having problems specifing -datadir.
Odin starts a discussion: Linux distribution download.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Build error SVN r115 on my Mac: workaround".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Difficulty".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Scalability and transaction rate".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "wiki registration email?".
Satoshi Nakamoto starts a discussion: *** ALERT *** Upgrade to 0.3.6.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "*** ALERT *** Upgrade to 0.3.6".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Implementation bug prior to 0.3.6".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Transaction disappeared in the void...".
Olipro starts a discussion: A proposal for a semi-automated Escrow mechanism.
tcatm starts a discussion: 4 hashes parallel on SSE2 CPUs for 0.3.6.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Bug: "Immature" coins lost in wallet.dat during transaction".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "[PATCH] implement 'listtransactions'".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Webpage idea: Next predicted difficulty change".
bytemaster starts a discussion: Multiple Wallets, one computer (multiple accounts).
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Linux version => No GUI after upgrade. WTF?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Mac Client Problems Outlined...".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Protocol Buffers for Bitcoin".
nimnul starts a discussion: Bitcoind x86 binary for CentOS.
MoonShadow starts a discussion: Bitcoin Watchdog Service.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Builds for Ubuntu?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Content-Length header and 500".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "What happens when network is split for prolonged time and reconnected?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Please upgrade to 0.3.8!".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Building initial transaction trust through "coin ripping"".
Satoshi discusses the importance of having a single dominant cryptocurrency network rather than many competing ones, drawing an analogy to network effects.
gridecon starts a discussion: Bitcoin minting is thermodynamically perverse.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Who's the Spanish jerk draining the Faucet?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "bitcoind transaction to ip address".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Transaction Overload Solution".
Satoshi warns that Bitcoin is not fully anonymous and that careful practices are needed to maintain privacy.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "latency and locality".
lfm starts a discussion: bitcoin generation broken in 0.3.8? (64-bit).
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Escrow".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.8.1 update for Linux 64-bit".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "What could be the transition plan to Y2038 compliant Bitcoin?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Connection limits".
Satoshi addresses concerns about deflation, arguing that coins lost or forgotten effectively reduce the money supply, making remaining coins slightly more valuable.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Compile error in SVN r127".
Satoshi explains why Bitcoin's proof-of-work is not wasteful, comparing it to the overhead of traditional banking and arguing that the energy expenditure is far less.
dkaparis starts a discussion: BSD detection.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Lost large number of bitcoins".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Where is the separate discussion devoted to possible Bitcoin weaknesses.".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bugfixes in SVN rev 130".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.9 rc1, please test".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Proposed change to sendtoaddress API call".
gebler starts a discussion: Potential disaster scenario.
Satoshi Nakamoto starts a discussion: tcatm's 4-way SSE2 for Linux 32/64-bit is in 0.3.10.
lfm starts a discussion: overflow bug SERIOUS.
Original thread starter post. The content was later deleted by the author.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "tcatm's 4-way SSE2 for Linux 32/64-bit is in 0.3.10".
An integer overflow bug (CVE-2010-5139) was exploited to create 184,467,440,737.09551616 BTC in a single transaction in Block 74638. Satoshi Nakamoto published a fix within 5 hours, and the corrected chain overtook the invalid chain within 15 hours — the most serious crisis in Bitcoin's history.
Satoshi responds to a critical value overflow incident in Bitcoin, one of the most serious bugs in Bitcoin's early history. He quickly deployed a fix.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.10 - block 74638 overflow PATCH!".
mkrogh starts a discussion: checkpointing the block chain.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "blocks minus 1".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "[PATCH] Automatic block validation".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Checking the block chain on load".
kosovito starts a discussion: 28 days without generation, i have 4200khash/s.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "New screenshots to the front page?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Difficulty: More nodes active, or faster nodes?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Convert Bitcoin to GTK: Yes? No? wx is better?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "HOWTO: Compiling Bitcoin on Ubuntu 10.04 (Karmic)".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Need a post writing up some things users should know".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Hypothetical question on lost coins / transfers".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Development of alert system".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "integrating digital payments into p2p protocols".
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: RFC: remove DB_PRIVATE flag.
nelisky starts a discussion: auto backing up of wallet.dat.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Gentoo Linux Ebuild".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "New web service: obtain dump of bitcoin block NNNN".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Bitcoins are most like shares of common stock".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.11 with upgrade alerts".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Big endian code problems".
icaro starts a discussion: Warning : Check your system clock (help me).
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "CryptoPP Assertion Error".
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: Always pay transaction fee?.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "HTTP status codes from the JSON-RPC api".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "bitcoind as daemon in OSX".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.12".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Bitcoin Blogger: Is It Better To Buy Or Generate Bitcoins?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Auto-detect for 128-bit 4-way SSE2".
Original thread starter post. The content was later deleted by the author.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Running on a port other than 8333".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Switch to GPL".
eurekafag starts a discussion: Memory leak.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Issues building bitcoin on Windows 7".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Bug? /usr/bin/bitcoind """.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "The case for removing IP transactions".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Message Encryption as a built-in feature?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Internal version number".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Porn".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "How divisible are bitcoins - the technical side".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "How To Make a Distributed BitCoin Escrow Service".
kermit starts a discussion: I broke my wallet, sends never confirm now..
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: Prioritized transactions, and tx fees.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "0.3.13 RC1 for Windows, please test".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Remote RPC access".
Satoshi discusses the concept of Bitcoin banks, explaining that trusted third parties can provide convenience while the underlying system remains trustless.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.13, please upgrade".
m0mchil starts a discussion: python OpenCL bitcoin miner.
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: [PATCH] increase block size limit.
Satoshi comments on the permanence of the blockchain, noting that data embedded in it will persist as long as the network exists.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "How to overthrow the GPU Oligarchs".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Tor connections not working reliably, many seednodes offline".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "The Niche List".
Dhaw starts a discussion: ERROR - PLEASE HELP ME!.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.14".
Odin starts a discussion: Win7 64bit since last patch Tues now crashes.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Suggestion: Allow short messages to be sent together with bitcoins ?".
Original thread starter post. The content was later deleted by the author.
Satoshi explains transaction fees as a mechanism for prioritization and network protection, not as revenue for miners.
genjix starts a discussion: Wikileaks contact info?.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.15".
appamatto starts a discussion: BitDNS and Generalizing Bitcoin.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Need OP_BLOCKNUMBER to allow 'time' limited transactions".
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: Transaction / spam flood attack currently under way.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "New getwork".
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: RFC: ship block chain 1-74000 with release tarballs?.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.17".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "New demonstration CPU miner available".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Cooperative mining".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Is safe running bitcoins with the same wallet on more computers simultaneously?".
davux starts a discussion: JSON-RPC method idea: list transactions newer than a given txid.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.18".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Automated nightly builds".
galeru raises questions about how users will determine transaction fees, noting that current debates about BitDNS assume fine-grained miner fee decisions without any user-friendly implementation.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Accounts example code".
One of Satoshi's last posts. After WikiLeaks begins accepting Bitcoin donations, Satoshi expresses concern that Bitcoin has 'kicked the hornet's nest' too early.
Satoshi's last known public post on BitcoinTalk. He discusses software updates and then disappears from public communication.
The Bitcoin Forum, originally set up by Martti Malmi at bitcoin.org/smf using Simple Machines Forum (SMF) software, migrated to the independent domain bitcointalk.org in August 2011. The migration was managed by forum administrator Theymos (Michael Marquardt) and preserved all existing posts, threads, and user accounts.
Hal Finney's famous retrospective on his early involvement with Bitcoin, his interactions with Satoshi, and his battle with ALS. One of the most celebrated posts in Bitcoin history.