CoinDesk 3 messages
Private email — scalability questions
Satoshi tells Finney that he cannot receive incoming connections from his location, revealing an operational constraint in the earliest days of the Bitcoin network.
network
6 entries
P2P Research List 3 messages
[p2p-research] Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency
Satoshi confirms Bitcoin is fully operational and offers to send coins to anyone who tries the software, in response to Michel Bauwens' question on the P2P Research mailing list.
Gwern 5 messages
Router issue — Bitcoin can't connect
Nicholas Bohm, a retired British solicitor and early Bitcoin user, writes to Satoshi that after installing a new router, his Bitcoin client can no longer connect to the network.
BitcoinTalk 3 messages
Potential disaster scenario
Satoshi discusses potential risks and how the Bitcoin network is resilient, explaining that the system can survive and recover from various disruption scenarios.
Stephan Livera Podcast
Dustin Trammell recounts being the possible second node on the Bitcoin network
In a detailed podcast interview, security researcher Dustin Trammell ('Druid') describes his experience as possibly the second node on the Bitcoin network. He recalls seeing only 'one other node' for 4-6 hours after first connecting, not realizing mining was disabled by default, and not starting to mine until 4-5 days later.
BitcoinDefense.org
COPA evidence reveals Nicholas Bohm's previously unpublished emails with Satoshi
The COPA v Wright record revealed that Nicholas Bohm, previously known only for a public January 2009 bitcoin-list bug report, had also exchanged a series of private emails with Satoshi Nakamoto. The exhibits show direct troubleshooting about routing, port forwarding, unaccepted blocks, and network isolation, including Satoshi's remark that there might have been almost nobody else running Bitcoin in July 2009.