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Bitcoin v0.2 released on SourceForge
Bitcoin v0.2 was released on SourceForge, introducing Linux support, multi-processor mining, proxy support for Tor, and GUI improvements contributed by Martti Malmi.
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bitcoin.sourceforge.net is down
Liberty Standard reports the Linux build runs and uses plenty of CPU but has not downloaded prior blocks, and notes the Gnome tray sometimes loses icons.
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Satoshi ↔ Martti Malmi Correspondence
Satoshi discusses SourceForge's slowness, Bitcoin's portability approach using standard C, upcoming protocol changes, and the growing interest in a Linux port.
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Eugen Leitl — Cypherpunk and transhumanist who participated in early Bitcoin discussions
German cryobiologist, transhumanist, and cypherpunk who joined the bitcoin-list discussion in October 2009, replying to Satoshi's post about Bitcoin stability and asking about Debian packages.
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Re: [bitcoin-list] Does Bitcoin Crash in Windows?
Eugen Leitl contradicts Satoshi's claim that bitcoin.sourceforge.net was working, reporting the site is still down, and asks whether Debian (.deb) packages for Bitcoin are available.
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[bitcoin-list] Does Bitcoin Crash in Windows?
NewLibertyStandard reports occasional Bitcoin crashes while running under Wine 1.0.1, speculates a possible correlation with wallet balance, and shares the terminal output produced at startup.
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Martti Malmi (1988–) — Bitcoin's first developer after Satoshi
Finnish developer (born 1988); Bitcoin's most prolific early contributor after Satoshi. Exchanged ~260 emails with Satoshi, ran bitcoin.org, started the Linux port, did the first BTC-to-fiat sale.
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Satoshi's Windows workbench: 27 months of MinGW and Visual C++ 6.0, then a Linux build of his own
Satoshi coded Bitcoin on Windows for 27 months, mainly with MinGW. In November 2009 he finished the Linux build Martti Malmi had started; by mid-2010 there were Windows, Linux and Mac releases.