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Word-count and interval statistics for all 164 of Satoshi's SVN commits (r15-r202), plus diff-size stats for 158: after his 75-day silence, Satoshi's messages got shorter, not longer.
A source-level map of Bitcoin v0.1: the byte boundaries for transaction, block, and signature hashes, and the reuse of one serializer across network and disk paths.
Satoshi's difficulty retarget has an off-by-one: it measures 2,015 blocks instead of 2,016. A hashrate majority can exploit it via timestamp manipulation. The Great Consensus Cleanup proposes a fix.
On the public record, Satoshi developed Bitcoin on Windows exclusively for 27 months (design + release + early period); Linux engagement first appears as reactive support for Malmi's port.
Editorial reading of Bitcoin v0.1's unusual distribution and tooling absences (.rar packaging, no version control, no tests), placed against Warez-scene conventions and Kaminsky's 2011 security audit.
Technical analysis of Bitcoin's genesis block from v0.1 source: hardcode auto-construction, the five-day gap as timestamp artifact, two-layer authorship reading, PoW headroom, key possession.
Statistical analysis of Satoshi's Bitcoin source (v0.1.0–v0.3.19): coding-style fingerprint, commit times suggesting EST/CST, growth from 19,901 to 31,909 lines over 23 months, final-commit traits.
Complete record of all four developers who had commit access to Bitcoin's SourceForge SVN repository, from August 30, 2009 (r1) to September 13, 2011 (r252).
CoinDesk published previously unseen Satoshi-Finney emails (obtained via widow Fran Finney): Finney's November 2008 scalability question and Satoshi's personal v0.1 release notice on January 8, 2009.
SerHack analyzed a pre-release Bitcoin genesis block dated September 10, 2008 — found in source code Satoshi shared in November 2008. The date matched Lehman's $3.9B loss report.
Forensicxs published a line-by-line walkthrough of Bitcoin v0.1's 31,794 lines of source code, covering all 31 files.