alert-key

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Event April 26, 2011 Added May 20, 2026 Updated May 20, 2026 Private Correspondence 4 messages

Satoshi ↔ Gavin Andresen Correspondence

Gavin Andresen ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Andresen replies to Satoshi's alert-key email, accepts the key, and discloses that In-Q-Tel has invited him to present Bitcoin to US intelligence agencies. Satoshi never replied.

Event April 26, 2011 Added February 8, 2026 Updated July 20, 2026 Article

Re: alert key - CIA presentation disclosure

Gavin Andresen ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Gavin Andresen replies to Satoshi's final email, accepting the alert key and disclosing that he has been invited to present Bitcoin to US intelligence agencies. Satoshi never replies to this message.

Event April 26, 2011 Added February 8, 2026 Updated July 20, 2026 Article

Satoshi hands over the Bitcoin alert key to Gavin Andresen (April 26, 2011)

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Gavin Andresen

Satoshi's last known private email. He transfers the Bitcoin network alert key to Gavin Andresen, asks him to stop portraying him as a 'mysterious shadowy figure,' and says he has moved on.

Event April 26, 2011 Added February 8, 2026 Updated July 29, 2026 Article

Satoshi's final known emails — farewell to Hearn, alert key to Andresen

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Gavin Andresen, Mike Hearn

Satoshi's final known private messages: April 23, 2011 to Mike Hearn — "in good hands with Gavin." April 26 to Andresen, transferring the alert key and saying he would probably be unavailable.