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NewLibertyStandard published the first-ever exchange rate for Bitcoin: $1 = 1,309.03 BTC ($0.000764 per BTC). The rate was calculated based on the electricity cost required to mine Bitcoin — a rudimentary but historically significant first attempt to assign monetary value to Bitcoin.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Welcome to the new Bitcoin forum!".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Repost: Bitcoin Maturation".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Repost: Request: Make this anonymous?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Repost: How anonymous are bitcoins?".
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Repost: Linux/UNIX compile".
madhatter starts a discussion: A few suggestions.
SmokeTooMuch starts a discussion: Questions about Bitcoin.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin 0.2 released!".
Quoted post by AgoraMutual in BitcoinTalk topic 17.
madhatter starts a discussion: 64bit support.
madhatter starts a discussion: TOR and I2P.
Context post by RogerRabbit in BitcoinTalk topic 21. before msg112.
riX starts a discussion: Bitcoin crash when sending coins.
Satoshi discusses the difficulty of applying traditional tax frameworks to Bitcoin, noting the similarities to trading precious metals or collectibles online.
Context post by Sabunir in BitcoinTalk topic 28. before msg160.
Context post by giik in BitcoinTalk topic 29. before msg172.
Context post by NewLibertyStandard in BitcoinTalk topic 25. before msg173.
Sabunir starts a discussion: Questions about Addresses.
Context post by BitcoinFX in BitcoinTalk topic 35. before msg220.
NewLibertyStandard proposed adopting the Thai baht currency symbol (฿) as Bitcoin's official symbol and 'BTC' as the three-letter currency code. This proposal on BitcoinTalk established the currency notation still used today.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Proof-of-work difficulty increasing".
Quoted post by BlueSky in BitcoinTalk topic 44.
Martti Malmi (sirius) starts a discussion: Make your "we accept Bitcoin" logo.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin client and website translation".
Context post by BlueSky in BitcoinTalk topic 46. before msg284.
theymos starts a discussion: What's with this odd generation?.
nphyx starts a discussion: DEB Package?.
Context post by foobar in BitcoinTalk topic 54. before msg360.
ec starts a discussion: URI-scheme for bitcoin.
Suggester starts a discussion: The current Bitcoin economic model doesn't work.
Context post by sirius in BitcoinTalk topic 58. before msg413.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Post your static IP".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "UI improvements".
Context post by m0mchil in BitcoinTalk topic 61. before msg433.
NewLibertyStandard starts a discussion: Bitcoin Address Collisions.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Command Line and JSON-RPC".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "New icon/logo".
Context post by Cdecker in BitcoinTalk topic 65. quoted by msg571.
Context post by The Madhatter in BitcoinTalk topic 69. before msg614.
fergalish starts a discussion: bitcoin auto-renice-ing.
soultcer starts a discussion: On IRC bootstrapping.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Idea for file hosting and proxy services".
Context post by sirius in BitcoinTalk topic 88. before msg806.
Context post by The Madhatter in BitcoinTalk topic 87. before msg807.
Context post by SheriffWoody in BitcoinTalk topic 101. before msg1134.
Context post by generica in BitcoinTalk topic 112. before msg1143.
Context post by laszlo in BitcoinTalk topic 124. before msg1100.
Context post by theymos in BitcoinTalk topic 125. before msg1149.
Context post by hugolp in BitcoinTalk topic 128. quoted by msg3605.
Context post by theymos in BitcoinTalk topic 130. before msg1130.
Context post by dsg in BitcoinTalk topic 129. before msg1131.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Exception: 9key_error error".
Laszlo Hanyecz posts his famous offer to pay 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas, leading to the first known real-world Bitcoin transaction on May 22, 2010 — now celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day.
Context post by DataWraith in BitcoinTalk topic 30. quoted by msg1169.
Context post by dkaparis in BitcoinTalk topic 141. before msg1260.
Context post by molybdenum in BitcoinTalk topic 145. quoted by msg1256.
Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas — the first purchase of a physical good with Bitcoin. The transaction, completed on May 22, 2010, is celebrated annually as 'Bitcoin Pizza Day.' At the time, 10,000 BTC was worth approximately $41.
NewLibertyStandard starts a discussion: Bitcoin in Ubuntu 10.04.
HostFat starts a discussion: Website and software translations.
Context post by Xunie in BitcoinTalk topic 154. quoted by msg1254.
Context post by laszlo in BitcoinTalk topic 158. before msg1582.
Context post by theymos in BitcoinTalk topic 165. quoted by msg1595.
Context post by laszlo in BitcoinTalk topic 171. before msg1815.
Context post by sirius in BitcoinTalk topic 177. quoted by msg1814.
Quoted post by nixoid in BitcoinTalk topic 179.
lachesis starts a discussion: Dealing with SHA-256 Collisions.
Context post by Gavin Andresen in BitcoinTalk topic 183. before msg1620.
Context post by laszlo in BitcoinTalk topic 184. before msg1609.
Gavin Andresen starts a discussion: Transactions and Scripts: DUP HASH160 ... EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG.
Satoshi discusses Bitcoin's scalability, comparing potential transaction volume to Visa and explaining how the system can scale with technological progress.
Context post by spndr7 in BitcoinTalk topic 197. before msg1656.
Satoshi Nakamoto announces version 0.3 is almost ready and requests testing of the Mac version.
llama starts a discussion: Major Meltdown.
Context post by virtualcoin in BitcoinTalk topic 206. before msg1816.
Xunie starts a discussion: Bitcoin clients getting k-lined from the IRC bootstrapping channel.
Satoshi Nakamoto starts a discussion: Beta?.
Context post by HarryS in BitcoinTalk topic 218. before msg1828.
lachesis starts a discussion: Feature Request: Limiting Connections.
Quoted post by teppy in BitcoinTalk topic 234.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin 0.3 released!".
Context post by Bitcoiner in BitcoinTalk topic 240. before msg2132.
Quoted post by user in BitcoinTalk topic 242.
m0mchil starts a discussion: bitcoin 0.3 win64 - broken access to APPDATA if non-latin characters in username.
Context post by Timo Y in BitcoinTalk topic 241. before msg2071.
Mionione starts a discussion: Flood attack 0.00000001 BC.
knightmb starts a discussion: Runaway CPU usage for 64bit BitCoin (Linux Client).
Context post by Nagilum in BitcoinTalk topic 298. before msg2885.
andy_3_913 starts a discussion: resource hog.
Context post by vishwambar in BitcoinTalk topic 318. before msg2903.
Context post by bitcoin2paysafe in BitcoinTalk topic 323. before msg2867.
Context post by ribuck in BitcoinTalk topic 296. before msg3495.
Context post by dkaparis in BitcoinTalk topic 291. before msg2913.
Giulio Prisco starts a discussion: They want to delete the Wikipedia article.
Context post by dkaparis in BitcoinTalk topic 305. before msg2895.
Context post by XaviorPenguin in BitcoinTalk topic 295. before msg3350.
Context post by dougztr in BitcoinTalk topic 326. before msg3157.
Quoted post by devnull791101 in BitcoinTalk topic 343.
Quoted post by InterArmaEnimSil in BitcoinTalk topic 325.
Satoshi introduces the alert system in Bitcoin, a mechanism to broadcast warnings to all nodes in case of critical bugs or network issues.
Satoshi Nakamoto starts a discussion: Bitcoin 0.3.1 released.
EricJ2190 starts a discussion: "SetIcons(): icon bundle doesn't contain any suitable icon".
Context post by knightmb in BitcoinTalk topic 373. before msg3150.
AndrewBuck starts a discussion: Source code documentation.
Quoted post by mcdett in BitcoinTalk topic 360.
singpolyma starts a discussion: Assertion Failure - Ubuntu Lucid.
Context post by Ground Loop in BitcoinTalk topic 403. before msg3545.
Context post by FreeMoney in BitcoinTalk topic 397. before msg3524.
Context post by d1337r in BitcoinTalk topic 303. before msg3499.
Context post by BitLex in BitcoinTalk topic 364. before msg3559.
Insti starts a discussion: Bitcoin snack machine (fast transaction problem).
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Sample account system using JSON-RPC needed".
wobber starts a discussion: Nenolod, the guy that wants to prove Bitcoin doesn't work..
Context post by The Madhatter in BitcoinTalk topic 432. before msg3769.
Context post by Gavin Andresen in BitcoinTalk topic 434. before msg3770.
Context post by AndrewBuck in BitcoinTalk topic 419. before msg3830.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin 0.3.2 released".
Context post by Quantumplation in BitcoinTalk topic 441. before msg4095.
Satoshi explains the security of Bitcoin's keypair generation and the astronomical odds against address collision.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "JSON-RPC password".
Context post by d1337r in BitcoinTalk topic 458. before msg5772.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Warning: don't use -server or bitcoind where you web browse (v0.3.2 and lower)".
Context post by lachesis in BitcoinTalk topic 528. before msg5416.
mtgox starts a discussion: bitcoind not responding to RPC.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Faster initial block download (5x faster)".
Context post by Hepatizon in BitcoinTalk topic 555. before msg5450.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.2.5 -- please test!".
lfm starts a discussion: a simple traffic load test run.
Red starts a discussion: Stealing Coins.
Quoted post by FreeMoney in BitcoinTalk topic 338.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bitcoin 0.3.3 released -- PLEASE UPGRADE".
Quoted post by BlackEye in BitcoinTalk topic 453.
Olipro starts a discussion: Bitcoin x86 for Windows.
Context post by Olipro in BitcoinTalk topic 501. quoted by msg5920.
xc starts a discussion: Bitcoin does NOT violate Mises' Regression Theorem.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "bitcoind without wxWidgets".
Quoted post by Gavin Andresen in BitcoinTalk topic 589.
Context post by Insti in BitcoinTalk topic 587. before msg6301.
psyvenrix starts a discussion: Having problems specifing -datadir.
Context post by Gavin Andresen in BitcoinTalk topic 604. before msg6273.
Odin starts a discussion: Linux distribution download.
Context post by rodin in BitcoinTalk topic 532. before msg6306.
Satoshi Nakamoto starts a discussion: *** ALERT *** Upgrade to 0.3.6.
Quoted post by Brre in BitcoinTalk topic 615.
Context post by knightmb in BitcoinTalk topic 628. before msg6508.
Context post by xc in BitcoinTalk topic 635. before msg7385.
Olipro starts a discussion: A proposal for a semi-automated Escrow mechanism.
tcatm starts a discussion: 4 hashes parallel on SSE2 CPUs for 0.3.6.
Context post by Gavin Andresen in BitcoinTalk topic 611. before msg6706.
Context post by jgarzik in BitcoinTalk topic 632. before msg7090.
Context post by Dybbuk in BitcoinTalk topic 642. before msg6701.
Context post by Cdecker in BitcoinTalk topic 644. before msg28643.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Webpage idea: Next predicted difficulty change".
Context post by generica in BitcoinTalk topic 655. before msg7057.
bytemaster starts a discussion: Multiple Wallets, one computer (multiple accounts).
Context post by andrew in BitcoinTalk topic 660. before msg7068.
Quoted post by imnichol in BitcoinTalk topic 454.
nimnul starts a discussion: Bitcoind x86 binary for CentOS.
MoonShadow starts a discussion: Bitcoin Watchdog Service.
Quoted post by BeeCee1 in BitcoinTalk topic 661.
Quoted post by vess in BitcoinTalk topic 689.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Please upgrade to 0.3.8!".
Satoshi discusses the importance of having a single dominant cryptocurrency network rather than many competing ones, drawing an analogy to network effects.
Context post by Gavin Andresen in BitcoinTalk topic 704. quoted by msg7703.
Context post by lfm in BitcoinTalk topic 711. before msg7705.
Context post by bytemaster in BitcoinTalk topic 713. before msg7706.
gridecon starts a discussion: Bitcoin minting is thermodynamically perverse.
Satoshi warns that Bitcoin is not fully anonymous and that careful practices are needed to maintain privacy.
Quoted post by mkrogh in BitcoinTalk topic 723.
lfm starts a discussion: bitcoin generation broken in 0.3.8? (64-bit).
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Escrow".
Context post by jgarzik in BitcoinTalk topic 760. before msg8413.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.8.1 update for Linux 64-bit".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Connection limits".
Satoshi addresses concerns about deflation, arguing that coins lost or forgotten effectively reduce the money supply, making remaining coins slightly more valuable.
Context post by jgarzik in BitcoinTalk topic 784. before msg8651.
Context post by sirius in BitcoinTalk topic 782. quoted by msg8803.
Satoshi explains why Bitcoin's proof-of-work is not wasteful, comparing it to the overhead of traditional banking and arguing that the energy expenditure is far less.
dkaparis starts a discussion: BSD detection.
Context post by Gavin Andresen in BitcoinTalk topic 788. quoted by msg8804.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Bugfixes in SVN rev 130".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.9 rc1, please test".
Context post by jgarzik in BitcoinTalk topic 807. before msg9134.
gebler starts a discussion: Potential disaster scenario.
Satoshi Nakamoto starts a discussion: tcatm's 4-way SSE2 for Linux 32/64-bit is in 0.3.10.
lfm starts a discussion: overflow bug SERIOUS.
Original thread starter post. The content was later deleted by the author.
An integer overflow bug (CVE-2010-5139) was exploited to create 184,467,440,737.09551616 BTC in a single transaction in Block 74638. Satoshi Nakamoto published a fix within 5 hours, and the corrected chain overtook the invalid chain within 15 hours — the most serious crisis in Bitcoin's history.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.10 - block 74638 overflow PATCH!".
mkrogh starts a discussion: checkpointing the block chain.
Context post by bdonlan in BitcoinTalk topic 832. before msg9775.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "blocks minus 1".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Checking the block chain on load".
Quoted post by epaulson in BitcoinTalk topic 845.
Quoted post by MoonShadow in BitcoinTalk topic 846.
Context post by sirius in BitcoinTalk topic 850. before msg10067.
kosovito starts a discussion: 28 days without generation, i have 4200khash/s.
Context post by aceat64 in BitcoinTalk topic 868. before msg10275.
Context post by BioMike in BitcoinTalk topic 867. quoted by msg10272.
Context post by FreeMoney in BitcoinTalk topic 870. before msg10300.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Need a post writing up some things users should know".
Context post by zooko in BitcoinTalk topic 890. before msg10723.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Development of alert system".
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: RFC: remove DB_PRIVATE flag.
nelisky starts a discussion: auto backing up of wallet.dat.
Context post by jgarzik in BitcoinTalk topic 928. before msg11400.
Satoshi Nakamoto's reply in the thread "Gentoo Linux Ebuild".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.11 with upgrade alerts".
Context post by Gespenster in BitcoinTalk topic 816. before msg11610.
icaro starts a discussion: Warning : Check your system clock (help me).
Context post by chaseadam in BitcoinTalk topic 967. before msg12062.
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: Always pay transaction fee?.
Context post by Gavin Andresen in BitcoinTalk topic 969. before msg12130.
Context post by nelisky in BitcoinTalk topic 992. before msg12135.
Quoted post by TTBit in BitcoinTalk topic 955.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.12".
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Auto-detect for 128-bit 4-way SSE2".
Original thread starter post. The content was later deleted by the author.
Context post by bytemaster in BitcoinTalk topic 989. before msg12494.
eurekafag starts a discussion: Memory leak.
Context post by Gespenster in BitcoinTalk topic 1034. before msg13206.
Quoted post by Anonymous in BitcoinTalk topic 1032.
Context post by aceat64 in BitcoinTalk topic 1048. before msg13219.
Quoted post by mizerydearia in BitcoinTalk topic 1063.
Quoted post by kiba in BitcoinTalk topic 1268.
Satoshi discusses potential risks and how the Bitcoin network is resilient, explaining that the system can survive and recover from various disruption scenarios.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Internal version number".
Context post by nelisky in BitcoinTalk topic 1271. before msg13848.
Context post by harding in BitcoinTalk topic 1283. before msg14136.
Quoted post by Marko in BitcoinTalk topic 1291.
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: Prioritized transactions, and tx fees.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "0.3.13 RC1 for Windows, please test".
Satoshi discusses the concept of Bitcoin banks, explaining that trusted third parties can provide convenience while the underlying system remains trustless.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.13, please upgrade".
m0mchil starts a discussion: python OpenCL bitcoin miner.
Quoted post by LZ in BitcoinTalk topic 1332.
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: [PATCH] increase block size limit.
Satoshi comments on the permanence of the blockchain, noting that data embedded in it will persist as long as the network exists.
Context post by theymos in BitcoinTalk topic 1375. before msg15682.
Dhaw starts a discussion: ERROR - PLEASE HELP ME!.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.14".
Odin starts a discussion: Win7 64bit since last patch Tues now crashes.
Context post by ShadowOfHarbringer in BitcoinTalk topic 1545. before msg18250.
Original thread starter post. The content was later deleted by the author.
Satoshi explains transaction fees as a mechanism for prioritization and network protection, not as revenue for miners.
genjix starts a discussion: Wikileaks contact info?.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.15".
appamatto starts a discussion: BitDNS and Generalizing Bitcoin.
Quoted post by theymos in BitcoinTalk topic 1786.
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: Transaction / spam flood attack currently under way.
Quoted post by FreeMoney in BitcoinTalk topic 1842.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "New getwork".
Jeff Garzik starts a discussion: RFC: ship block chain 1-74000 with release tarballs?.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Version 0.3.17".
Context post by jgarzik in BitcoinTalk topic 1925. before msg24719.
Context post by BitLex in BitcoinTalk topic 1986. before msg25154.
Quoted post by asdf in BitcoinTalk topic 1976.
Quoted post by theymos in BitcoinTalk topic 2077.
Context post by theymos in BitcoinTalk topic 2162. before msg28302.
Peter Todd's very first post on BitcoinTalk, made one minute after registering under the username 'retep.' A single sentence offering to buy a Diaspora social network invite for $2 — notably in USD, not BTC, unlike other buyers in the thread who offered 0.5–2 BTC. Three days later, his second post would be a technical reply to Satoshi Nakamoto's description of transaction replacement.
davux starts a discussion: JSON-RPC method idea: list transactions newer than a given txid.
galeru raises questions about how users will determine transaction fees, noting that current debates about BitDNS assume fine-grained miner fee decisions without any user-friendly implementation.
Satoshi Nakamoto's post: "Accounts example code".
Quoted post by Anonymous in BitcoinTalk topic 2216.
Satoshi's last known public post on BitcoinTalk. He discusses software updates and then disappears from public communication.
Gavin Andresen announces he has been invited to give a presentation about Bitcoin at the CIA, which may have contributed to Satoshi's subsequent withdrawal from the project.
The Bitcoin Forum, originally set up by Martti Malmi at bitcoin.org/smf using Simple Machines Forum (SMF) software, migrated to the independent domain bitcointalk.org in August 2011. The migration was managed by forum administrator Theymos (Michael Marquardt) and preserved all existing posts, threads, and user accounts.
Hal Finney's famous retrospective on his early involvement with Bitcoin, his interactions with Satoshi, and his battle with ALS. One of the most celebrated posts in Bitcoin history.