Planned release announcement text

Here’s the planned release announcement text. Probably releasing shortly.

Bitcoin version 0.2 is here!

Download links: Windows Setup Program Windows Zip File Linux (tested on Ubuntu)

New features

Martti Malmi

  • Minimize to system tray option
  • Autostart on boot option so you can keep it running in the background automatically
  • New options dialog layout for future expansion
  • Setup program for Windows
  • Linux version Satoshi Nakamoto
  • Multi-processor support for coin generation
  • Proxy support for use with TOR
  • Fixed some slowdowns in the initial block download
  • Various refinements to keep the network running smoothly

We also have a new forum at http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/ if you have any questions.

Thanks to Martti Malmi (sirius-m) for his coding work and for hosting the new site and forum, and thanks to New Liberty Standard for testing the Linux version.

Satoshi Nakamoto

Source: Published by Martti Malmi on GitHub in February 2024 as part of his testimony in the COPA v. Wright trial. The full correspondence archive is available at mmalmi.github.io/satoshi/.