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Hal Finney to Satoshi during pre-release code review, asking how large the P2P node network might grow — tens to millions — and whether clients could scale to all world financial transactions.
Hal Finney's private email to Satoshi during pre-release code review, asking foundational scalability questions: 'How large do you envision it becoming? Tens of nodes? Thousands? Millions?'
Security researcher Dan Kaminsky tries to find vulnerabilities in Bitcoin and fails. "I came up with beautiful bugs. But every time I went after the code there was a line that addressed the problem."
Ray Dillinger's retrospective on his role in Bitcoin's earliest days: reviewing the blockchain code, his division of labor with Hal Finney, and his reflections on Satoshi's integrity.
Tim Swanson's comprehensive interview with Ray Dillinger for the Bitcoin whitepaper's 10th anniversary. Dillinger reveals technical details of his code review, including the floating-point discovery.