BitcoinTalk 16 messages
WikiLeaks and the End of the Beginning
Satoshi discourages the Bitcoin community from actively seeking WikiLeaks adoption, arguing that Bitcoin is still immature and the attention could be harmful.
adoption
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5 entries
Wikipedia 4 messages
Satoshi ↔ Gavin Andresen Correspondence
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.
CoinDesk
Laszlo Hanyecz recalls Satoshi's pushback on premature GPU mining (May 2010)
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.
P2P Research List 4 messages
Satoshi introduces Bitcoin on the P2P Research mailing list — "[p2p-research] Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency" (February 2009)
Satoshi confirms Bitcoin is fully operational and offers to send coins to anyone who tries the software, in response to Michel Bauwens' question on the P2P Research mailing list.
Cryptography Mailing List 8 messages
"Bitcoin v0.1 released" — Satoshi announces the first Bitcoin release to the cryptography list (January 2009)
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.