announcement

Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper

Satoshi Nakamoto's first public announcement of Bitcoin on the Cryptography Mailing List. He introduces a peer-to-peer electronic cash system with no trusted third party.

Bitcoin v0.1 released

Satoshi announces the release of Bitcoin v0.1, the first working implementation of the Bitcoin software. Available for Windows, with the source code included.

Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency

Satoshi announces Bitcoin on the P2P Foundation forum, describing the problems with conventional currency and how Bitcoin solves them through cryptographic proof instead of trust.

[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.

Welcome to the new Bitcoin forum!

Satoshi's first post on the new Bitcoin Forum (later renamed BitcoinTalk), announcing Bitcoin and describing its key properties.