gwern.net is the personal research archive of Gwern Branwen, who mirrors external documents (including Bitcoin papers and court judgments) to prevent link rot.
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Satoshi follows up to say he is connected to IP 70.113.114.209 and notes Bohm may have an outgoing-connection issue if not. The IP was later identified as likely Dustin Trammell's in Austin, Texas.
Satoshi's candid reply to Bohm's connectivity issue, admitting there may be no other nodes running at that moment. He encourages Bohm to keep his server online so new users have someone to connect to.
Bohm reports to Satoshi that Bitcoin has failed to establish any connections for over a day, despite restarts. He had been maintaining 3-5 node connections prior to July 15th.
Satoshi advises Bohm to forward port 8333 on his new router so his Bitcoin node can receive incoming connections, explaining that without inbound-capable nodes online, the network fails to function.
Nicholas Bohm, a retired British solicitor and early Bitcoin user, writes to Satoshi that after installing a new router, his Bitcoin client can no longer connect to the network.
Satoshi emails Wei Dai asking for the correct b-money citation, revealing he learned of it via Adam Back. The email linked the pre-release draft 'Electronic Cash Without a Trusted Third Party'.