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February 25, 2011 LessWrong

Wei Dai clarifies his connection to Bitcoin and begins mining

Wei Dai

On LessWrong, Wei Dai clarifies he did not create Bitcoin — "only described a similar idea more than a decade ago" — buys a Radeon 5870 to mine, and warns Bitcoin lacks cryptographer security review.

January 10, 2011 Plan99 (Mike Hearn) 8 messages

Satoshi ↔ Mike Hearn — More Questions

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Mike Hearn

Satoshi predicts the original software will become the industrial tool for GPU farms while client implementations drive UI innovation. He reveals the math reasoning behind the 21 million coin limit.

May 17, 2010 Cointelegraph

Laszlo Hanyecz recalls Satoshi sharing his own defensive GPU mining code (May 2010)

Laszlo Hanyecz ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

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.

May 10, 2010 CoinDesk

Laszlo Hanyecz recalls Satoshi's pushback on premature GPU mining (May 2010)

Laszlo Hanyecz ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

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.