adoption

Bitcoin v0.1 released

Satoshi expresses confidence that some form of electronic currency will be in use within a decade, describing Bitcoin as the first attempt at a non-trust-based system.

[p2p-research] Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency

Satoshi confirms Bitcoin is fully operational and offers to send coins to anyone who tries the software, in response to Michel Bauwens' question on the P2P Research mailing list.

Satoshi ↔ Laszlo Hanyecz Correspondence

Satoshi emails Laszlo Hanyecz expressing concern about GPU mining being publicized too early, arguing it would discourage new users who could only mine with CPUs. Satoshi asks Hanyecz to slow down his GPU mining efforts.

Satoshi ↔ Gavin Andresen Correspondence

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

Pizza for bitcoins?

Satoshi comments on Laszlo's famous pizza purchase, noting that it would be great to have Bitcoin accepted for pizza delivery.

WikiLeaks, the CIA, and the End of the Beginning

Satoshi discourages the Bitcoin community from actively seeking WikiLeaks adoption, arguing that Bitcoin is still immature and the attention could be harmful.