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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 reciprocating his GPU miner code by sharing his own GPU mining code, kept as defense against potential 51% attacks rather than for mining. From later interviews.
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.
Hanyecz recalls his Satoshi correspondence around the April 19, 2010 macOS port. The private emails are unreleased; quotes are from later interviews. He called Satoshi paranoid, bossy, and weird.