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Bitcoin v0.3.19 released on SourceForge
Bitcoin v0.3.19 was released on SourceForge as Satoshi Nakamoto's final release, adding DoS protections and removing safe mode alerts before his departure.
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SourceForge hosted Bitcoin's early source releases and the mailing list where Satoshi Nakamoto posted code and announcements, 2009-2010.
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Bitcoin v0.3.18 released on SourceForge
Bitcoin v0.3.18 was released on SourceForge, one of Satoshi's last releases, featuring wallet compatibility fixes and Gavin Andresen's accounts-based JSON-RPC commands.
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Bitcoin v0.3.12 released on SourceForge
Bitcoin v0.3.12 was released on SourceForge with standard JSON-RPC error objects, a new backupwallet RPC command, and various network stability enhancements.
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Bitcoin v0.3.10 - overflow bug emergency fix
Emergency release of Bitcoin v0.3.10 to fix a value overflow vulnerability exploited to create 184 billion bitcoins in a single transaction. Satoshi coordinated the rapid soft-fork deployment.
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Bitcoin v0.3 released on SourceForge
Bitcoin v0.3 was released on SourceForge with JSON-RPC control, a daemon version, Mac OS X support, and 20% faster hashing, coinciding with the famous Slashdot posting.
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Bitcoin v0.2 released on SourceForge
Bitcoin v0.2 was released on SourceForge, introducing Linux support, multi-processor mining, proxy support for Tor, and GUI improvements contributed by Martti Malmi.
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Satoshi's 164 SVN Commit Messages: Word Counts, a 75-Day Silence, and a Quieter Return
Word-count and interval statistics for all 164 of Satoshi's SVN commits (r15-r202), plus diff-size stats for 158: after his 75-day silence, Satoshi's messages got shorter, not longer.
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Bitcoin SourceForge SVN Repository — Complete committer history (2009–2011)
Complete record of all four developers who had commit access to Bitcoin's SourceForge SVN repository, from August 30, 2009 (r1) to September 13, 2011 (r252).
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Why did Satoshi distribute Bitcoin as a .rar? The Warez-scene parallel
Editorial reading of Bitcoin v0.1's unusual distribution and tooling absences (.rar packaging, no version control, no tests), placed against Warez-scene conventions and Kaminsky's 2011 security audit.
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Why did Satoshi build Bitcoin only on Windows? — 27 months of Linux silence
On the public record, Satoshi developed Bitcoin on Windows exclusively for 27 months (design + release + early period); Linux engagement first appears as reactive support for Malmi's port.
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Bitcoin v0.1 released on SourceForge
Satoshi Nakamoto released Bitcoin v0.1, the first public release of the Bitcoin software, on SourceForge. This Windows-only release made it possible for anyone to run a Bitcoin node and mine coins.
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Why Satoshi etched a bank-bailout headline into Bitcoin's first block
Bitcoin's first block contains a Times bank-bailout headline — Satoshi's only personal voice inside the design, etched in the system's most permanent place. A reading of why he chose it.
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Bitcoin project registered on SourceForge
Satoshi Nakamoto registered the 'bitcoin' project on SourceForge.net, establishing the first public repository and project page for Bitcoin's source code and releases.