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The bitcoin.org FAQ: Bitcoin's peer-to-peer design, coin generation, why mining margins shrink as value rises, and wallet and transaction basics. Drafted by Malmi, maintained by both him and Satoshi.
Satoshi and Malmi spent 2009 to 2010 correcting the bitcoin.org FAQ word by word — and Satoshi was still the address readers wrote to when it broke. None of that wording survives on bitcoin.org today.
Satoshi reviews Malmi's FAQ draft and warns against framing Bitcoin as an investment, stating 'we can't pitch it as that' - a historically significant stance on Bitcoin's positioning.
Satoshi grants Malmi developer access on SourceForge, agrees on a password-protected wallet feature, and shares a long Q&A dump of frequently-asked Bitcoin questions for the planned FAQ.
Malmi agrees to develop the Bitcoin website and FAQ, proposes password-protected private keys, and reports running a Bitcoin node 24/7.
Satoshi's first reply to Martti Malmi, who had offered to help with Bitcoin. Satoshi praises Malmi's understanding of Bitcoin and asks him to help write website content and a FAQ.