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Satoshi ↔ Mike Hearn — BitcoinJ & Contracts
Mike Hearn thanks Satoshi and notes that Hal Finney had correctly speculated about the merkle root approach in the tx0 scriptSig.
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Satoshi ↔ Mike Hearn — More Questions
Mike Hearn points Satoshi to a forum discussion about the security of the secp256k1 curve, noting Hal Finney's concerns about its risk profile.
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Re: Bitcoin v0.1 released - Spam, POW tokens, and reverse-spamming
Satoshi responds to Hal Finney's botnet/pay-per-send point, proposing that fake mailboxes could 'reverse-spam' spammers by harvesting their POW tokens. He also describes e-gold's 'dusting' problem.
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Re: Bitcoin v0.1 released - Joining bitcoin-list and investment motive
Trammell confirms his IP is static, agrees to CC publicly, says he'll join bitcoin-list, reveals he started mining as an investment after Hal Finney's message, and discusses micropayment uptake.
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Re: Bitcoin v0.1 released - Use cases and electronic currency future
Satoshi discusses dynamic IPs, asks permission to CC the conversation to bitcoin-list and the Cryptography mailing list, and envisions Bitcoin use cases including pay-to-send email and micropayments.
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Satoshi ↔ Dustin Trammell Correspondence
Satoshi sketches Bitcoin use cases — reward points, donation tokens, game currency, micropayments, pay-to-send email, trial subscriptions — and asks to CC the thread to bitcoin-list and Cryptography.
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Bitcoin v0.1 launch announcement to Adam Back
Satoshi writes Adam Back for the final time, thanking him for paper suggestions and announcing the Bitcoin software launch. Includes Hal Finney's project overview from the Cryptography mailing list.
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Satoshi ↔ Adam Back Correspondence
Satoshi writes Adam Back the day after the Bitcoin v0.1 release, announcing the launch and forwarding Hal Finney's high-level overview from the cryptography mailing-list thread.
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Satoshi ↔ Wei Dai Correspondence
Satoshi announces the release of Bitcoin v0.1 to Wei Dai, stating it achieves nearly all the goals of b-money. He quotes Hal Finney's summary of the system.