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WikiLeaks announces Bitcoin donations, bypassing the Bank of America/Visa/MasterCard/PayPal/Western Union blockade. Satoshi had warned against this six months earlier, fearing government attention.
Satoshi discourages the Bitcoin community from actively seeking WikiLeaks adoption, arguing that Bitcoin is still immature and the attention could be harmful.
Slashdot, an influential tech news site at the time, publishes an article about Bitcoin v0.3. SourceForge downloads jump from 624 in June to 14,094 in July.
Gavin Andresen begins corresponding with Satoshi after discovering Bitcoin in May 2010 and starts submitting code contributions. He creates the Bitcoin Faucet to give away free BTC and boost adoption.
Hanyecz recalls Satoshi's private pushback on his May 10, 2010 BitcoinTalk GPU-mining announcement. The verifiable element is the announcement; Satoshi's side comes from Hanyecz's later interviews.
Satoshi emphasizes that autostart with minimize-to-tray is 'a must-have feature' for network growth, comparing it to early file-sharing strategies. Implemented by Malmi for Bitcoin 0.2.
Michel Bauwens asks Satoshi how operational the Bitcoin project is and how soon people will be able to use it in real life.
Satoshi expresses confidence that some form of electronic currency will be in use within a decade, describing Bitcoin as the first attempt at a non-trust-based system.
Satoshi CCs the exchange to bitcoin-list and Cryptography, restating his electronic-currency vision with the famous 'It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on.'