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Satoshi ↔ Gavin Andresen Correspondence
Satoshi's last known private email to Gavin Andresen. He transfers the Bitcoin network alert key and announces he has moved on to other things.
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Satoshi hands over the Bitcoin alert key to Gavin Andresen (April 26, 2011)
Satoshi's last known private email. He transfers the Bitcoin network alert key to Gavin Andresen, asks him to stop portraying him as a 'mysterious shadowy figure,' and says he has moved on.
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Satoshi ↔ Martti Malmi Correspondence
Satoshi sends the bitcoin-list mailman admin password to Gavin and Martti as PGP-encrypted blocks. Last email in the Malmi archive (#260).
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Satoshi's final email in the Malmi archive — a reply to Gavin (with Martti looped in)
Satoshi's last email in the Malmi archive (Feb 22, 2011). Reply to Gavin (Martti in third person), handing over the bitcoin-list mailman password as PGP blocks to each.
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Satoshi's successor — project-manager handover to Gavin Andresen
Satoshi Nakamoto gives Gavin Andresen control of the source code repository and endorses him to lead the Bitcoin project. Andresen publicly announces the transition on the Bitcointalk forum.
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Re: Bitcoin - Recommending Gavin Andresen to take over development and management
When Malmi asks who should take over Bitcoin development, Satoshi recommends Gavin Andresen as 'responsible, professional' — early signal of the transition formalized by the December 12 SVN handover.
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Satoshi tells Andresen he is working on other projects (September 2010)
In September 2010, Satoshi privately tells Andresen he is working on other projects — the earliest documented signal of his intent to step back. He soon handed Andresen the repository and alert key.