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SATOSHI - 0.14 - November 19th 2008
Hal Finney Asked "How Large do You Envision it Becoming? Tens of Nodes? Thousands? Millions?"
There Are Currently Over 78000 Bitcoin Nodes.
GM
SATOSHI - 0.13
"The Sourcecode is Coming Soon. I Sent You The Main Files." ~ November 17th 2008
This code was shared by Satoshi with Hal Finney, Ray Dillinger and James Donald. Privately.
It was never publicly "published" in 2008. Instead, This v0.0 of Bitcoin code only became public (published) in a 2013 Bitcointalk forum post, authored by Ray Dillinger.
The 2013 BitcoinTalk Thread by Ray Dillinger
An email from Satoshi on Nov 17th 2008 saying he sent the Bitcoin sourcecode files to James Donald.
A private Hal Finney email showing he, Ray Dillinger and James Donald were cc'd on this email
"Re: Bitcoin source files attached"
For complete analysis of this v0.0 late 2008 Bitcoin draft code, see my article here
SATOSHI - 0.12 - "A new key pair is used for every transaction...it is at least a little pseudonymous..." ~ Nov 15th 2008
SATOSHI - 0.11 - November 14th 2008
Bitcoin's hard-capped supply was confirmed for the first time in it's history, by Satoshi "...when the total coins created hits the pre-determined ceiling."
"The network has to avoid any central
point at which pressure can be applied. Recall Nero's
wish that Rome had a single throat that he could cut. If
we provide them with such a throat, it will be cut." Said James Donald regarding centralization.
SATOSHI - 0.10 - November 14th 2008
In Hal Finney's Second Email to Satoshi: "...Altruism Can Suffice to Keep the Network Running..."
Satoshi Replied "It's very attractive to the Libertarian viewpoint, if we can explain it properly. I'm better with code than with words though."
SATOSHI - 0.9
"The Proof-of-Work Chain is a Solution to The Byzantine Generals' Problem"
On This Day 16 years ago, November 13th 2008: James A Donald is the first person to introduce the concept of the The Byzantine Generals' Problem into the Bitcoin discourse... Not Satoshi.
its on twitter too https://x.com/BITCOINALLCAPS/status/1855606942594458040
SATOSHI - 0.8
"When the next proof-of-work is found, whichever previous block that node was working on, that branch becomes longer and the tie is broken." Satoshi answered when asked about, what happens when two #Bitcoin Blocks are found at the same time?
SATOSHI - 0.7 - 16 Years Ago:
"Each Node Votes for its Viewpoint...The Proof-of-Work Chain is Itself Self-Evident Proof That it Came From the Globally Shared View..."
SATOSHI - 0.6 - 16 Years Ago To The Day:
Hal Finney's First Email to SATOSHI Said
"#Bitcoin seems to be a very promising idea."
Satoshi replied "I actually did this kind of backwards. I had to write all the code before I could convince myself that I could solve every problem, then I wrote the paper."