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/.