Private Correspondence

Entries of this type, gathered from across the archive. Use the type axis to compare communication formats over time.

12 entries

April 18, 2011 Private Correspondence 4 messages

Satoshi ↔ Mike Hearn — Holding Coins & Farewell

Mike Hearn describes his work on Google's abuse team and proposes using Bitcoin as collateral against accounts for spam prevention, asking about time-locking coins.

March 7, 2011 Private Correspondence 5 messages

Satoshi ↔ Mike Hearn — BitcoinJ & Contracts

Mike Hearn ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Mike Hearn announces the open-source release of BitcoinJ under the Apache 2 license, and asks about merkle branch verification, scripting language ideas, and why transaction replacement was disabled.

December 27, 2010 Private Correspondence 8 messages

Satoshi ↔ Mike Hearn — More Questions

Mike Hearn ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Mike Hearn asks about the origin of the 21 million coin limit, the 10-minute block target, and the 500KB block size limit while working on a Java SPV implementation for Android.

June 11, 2010 Private Correspondence 4 messages

Satoshi ↔ Gavin Andresen Correspondence

Gavin Andresen ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Gavin Andresen begins corresponding with Satoshi after discovering Bitcoin in May 2010 and starts submitting code contributions. He creates the Bitcoin Faucet to give away free BTC and boost adoption.

June 4, 2009 Private Correspondence 5 messages

Satoshi ↔ Nicholas Bohm Correspondence

Nicholas Bohm ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

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.

May 2, 2009 Private Correspondence 260 messages

Satoshi ↔ Martti Malmi Correspondence

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Martti Malmi

Satoshi's first reply to Martti Malmi, who had offered to help with Bitcoin. Satoshi praises Malmi's understanding of Bitcoin and asks him to help write website content and a FAQ.

April 25, 2009 Private Correspondence 2 messages

Satoshi ↔ Mike Hearn — Chargeback & Escrow

Mike Hearn ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Mike Hearn asks Satoshi whether the Electronic Funds Transfer Act could apply to Bitcoin and if the inability to do chargebacks risks making it illegal.

April 12, 2009 Private Correspondence 14 messages

Satoshi ↔ Mike Hearn — Initial Questions

Mike Hearn ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Mike Hearn contacts Satoshi Nakamoto for the first time with questions about Bitcoin's scalability, mining hardware, inflation schedule, and coin denominations.

January 11, 2009 Private Correspondence 20 messages

Satoshi ↔ Dustin Trammell Correspondence

Dustin Trammell ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Dustin Trammell's first email to Satoshi after running the Bitcoin alpha. Reports usage, mentions a public timestamp service, and asks about coin maturity (generated coins showing 0.00 credit).

November 19, 2008 Private Correspondence 4 messages

Satoshi ↔ Hal Finney Correspondence

Hal Finney ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Hal Finney's private email to Satoshi during pre-release code review, asking foundational scalability questions: 'How large do you envision it becoming? Tens of nodes? Thousands? Millions?'

August 22, 2008 Private Correspondence 3 messages

Satoshi ↔ Wei Dai Correspondence

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Wei Dai

Satoshi emails Wei Dai asking for the correct b-money citation, revealing he learned of it via Adam Back. The email linked the pre-release draft 'Electronic Cash Without a Trusted Third Party'.

August 20, 2008 Private Correspondence 5 messages

Satoshi ↔ Adam Back Correspondence

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Adam Back

Satoshi Nakamoto's earliest known email. He contacts Adam Back to verify the Hashcash paper citation and shares a pre-release draft titled 'Electronic Cash Without a Trusted Third Party' (ecash.pdf).