Gavin Andresen recalls working with Satoshi
Gavin Andresen, who was given commit access to Bitcoin by Satoshi and became the lead developer, recalls his interactions with Satoshi and the transition of leadership.
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Gavin Andresen, who was given commit access to Bitcoin by Satoshi and became the lead developer, recalls his interactions with Satoshi and the transition of leadership.
Gavin Andresen publicly announces taking on active project management for Bitcoin with Satoshi's blessing, creating the bitcoin/bitcoin GitHub staging tree and proposing a development process.
Gavin Andresen announces on BitcoinTalk topic 2367 he is taking over active project management of Bitcoin with Satoshi's blessing. Same day, he creates the bitcoin/bitcoin GitHub repo.
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.
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.
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.