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Mike Hearn publishes his private email correspondence with Satoshi Nakamoto, providing valuable insights into Satoshi's thinking about Bitcoin's technical future.
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.
Editorial reading of how the 2014 'Bitcoin Core' rebrand reshaped Bitcoin's authority vocabulary — PR #3408 internal disagreement, the 2015-2017 fork episodes, and Hearn's 2025 retrospective regret.
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.
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.
Gavin Andresen replies to Satoshi's final email, accepting the alert key and disclosing that he has been invited to present Bitcoin to US intelligence agencies. Satoshi never replies to this message.
Satoshi's final known private messages: April 23, 2011 to Mike Hearn — "in good hands with Gavin." April 26 to Andresen, transferring the alert key and saying he would probably be unavailable.
Mike Hearn's private email correspondence with Satoshi Nakamoto, in which Satoshi stated he had 'moved on to other things' and that Bitcoin was 'in good hands with Gavin and everyone.'
Mike Hearn offers to write a wiki page on Bitcoin contracts, asks about re-enabling transaction replacement, asks if Satoshi plans to rejoin, and raises the tragedy-of-the-commons concern on fees.
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.
Satoshi sends the bitcoin-list mailman admin password to Gavin and Martti as PGP-encrypted blocks. Last email in the Malmi archive (#260).
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.
Dutch developer (handle laanwj). Built the original bitcoin-qt GUI; succeeded Gavin Andresen as Bitcoin Core lead maintainer (April 2014 - August 2022); withdrew merge privileges in February 2023.
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.
Software developer (born 1966), founder of Wasabi Software, creator of the Bitcoin Faucet. Chosen by Satoshi to lead the project; served as Bitcoin lead maintainer from 2010 to 2014.