Wrote to or replied to

Martti Malmi

Also appears as sirius, sirius-m, mmalmi, Martti, mmalmi@cc.hut.fi

Martti Malmi, known as Sirius, emailed Satoshi in May 2009 offering to help. Their published correspondence is the largest private-email set in this archive. It covers bitcoin. org, the forum software, Linux builds, release checklists and the later handover of site and list keys. Martti became an essential early operator while Satoshi was still answering day-to-day mail about broken installs and DNS. In later years he moved away from Bitcoin Core work.

He stayed close to early-internet and decentralised social circles, including Nostr, and he has spoken publicly about what it was like to run bitcoin. org and the forum while Satoshi was still present. On Bitcoin Takeover he told that 2009 story in detail, including the texture of the emails: boredom, impatience, trust and the gradual transfer of operational keys. If you want the human working life of Satoshi rather than mythology, start with these emails.

They show an open-source maintainer coordinating volunteers, not a legend writing from nowhere. Operational history is as much a part of Bitcoin's origin as the whitepaper. The podcast episode is linked from his person page and from the timeline, cued to the chapter about those emails. Those operational emails remain the largest private window this archive has into Satoshi at work.

Did Satoshi Nakamoto talk to Martti Malmi?

Yes. This archive has 120 published emails, and 6 forum posts that quote or address them from Satoshi involving Martti Malmi, dated from 2 May 2009 to 22 February 2011.

120 published emails · 6 replies · 11 posts immediately after them in a thread · mentioned in 12 · 2 May 2009 to 22 February 2011

Sources

Martti Malmi on Bitcoin Takeover

Playing Martti Malmi's talk about Satoshi in 30s

Cued from chapter: Emails with Satoshi Nakamoto (62:54).

In this archive (149)

Mentioned · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
2 May 2009, 17:06 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
3 May 2009, 22:32 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
4 May 2009, 15:51 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
5 May 2009, 17:39 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
7 May 2009, 02:35 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
24 May 2009, 22:03 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
11 June 2009, 21:24 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
14 June 2009, 20:30 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
21 July 2009, 03:14 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
24 August 2009, 22:00 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
24 August 2009, 22:04 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
29 August 2009, 17:31 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin
30 September 2009, 18:12 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Setup, Autorun, v0.1.6
16 October 2009, 18:41 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Setup, Autorun, v0.1.6
18 October 2009, 17:59 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Setup, Autorun, v0.1.6
18 October 2009, 23:11 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Setup, Autorun, v0.1.6
21 October 2009, 17:58 UTC
Mentioned · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: \[bitcoin-list\] Does Bitcoin Crash in Windows?
23 October 2009, 23:55 UTC
Mentioned · bitcoin-list (SourceForge)

Re: [bitcoin-list] Does Bitcoin Crash in Windows?
23 October 2009, 23:57 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Fw: bitcoin.sourceforge.net
26 October 2009, 17:50 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Fw: bitcoin.sourceforge.net
27 October 2009, 04:45 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Fw: bitcoin.sourceforge.net
29 October 2009, 02:05 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build
29 October 2009, 06:38 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build
30 October 2009, 01:05 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build
31 October 2009, 20:09 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build, proxy
3 November 2009, 15:53 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build
4 November 2009, 05:38 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build
4 November 2009, 20:38 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build
5 November 2009, 05:31 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Proxy
5 November 2009, 15:25 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Forum
5 November 2009, 17:33 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build
6 November 2009, 06:20 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Linux build ready for testing (attached)
8 November 2009, 05:23 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Linux build ready for testing
8 November 2009, 05:52 UTC
Mentioned · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build ready for testing
8 November 2009, 17:39 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Forum
8 November 2009, 18:48 UTC
Mentioned · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build ready for testing
9 November 2009, 01:23 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux build ready for testing
9 November 2009, 19:41 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Zetaboards forum
14 November 2009, 05:46 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Linux update
15 November 2009, 15:40 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux update
15 November 2009, 19:15 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Linux update
15 November 2009, 20:25 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Forum
16 November 2009, 19:34 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Forum
16 November 2009, 21:10 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Forum
17 November 2009, 16:57 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Db::open/Db::close "Bad file descriptor" exception
18 November 2009, 05:14 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Forum
18 November 2009, 05:32 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

SMF forum, need a mod installed
20 November 2009, 05:14 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: SMF forum, need a mod installed
20 November 2009, 22:09 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: SMF forum, need a mod installed
21 November 2009, 07:02 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: SMF forum, need a mod installed
21 November 2009, 21:46 UTC
Mentioned · BitcoinTalk

Repost: Bitcoin Maturation
22 November 2009, 18:31 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

SEO friendly site transition
22 November 2009, 19:47 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Access permissions required to fix Drupal
23 November 2009, 05:48 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

bitcoin.org DNS change went through
26 November 2009, 00:26 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Bitweaver menu editor broken
26 November 2009, 17:45 UTC
Mentioned · BitcoinTalk

Re: Repost: Linux/UNIX compile
27 November 2009, 17:27 UTC
Mentioned · BitcoinTalk

[OLD THREAD] Bitcoin version 0.2 development status
27 November 2009, 22:48 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin.org
30 November 2009, 20:34 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin.org
2 December 2009, 17:47 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin.org
4 December 2009, 04:24 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Sourceforge tracker
6 December 2009, 03:21 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Drupal site online
8 December 2009, 05:43 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

custom3 theme
11 December 2009, 03:30 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: RC2
16 December 2009, 04:57 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Planned release announcement text
16 December 2009, 16:54 UTC
Mentioned · BitcoinTalk

Bitcoin 0.2 released!
16 December 2009, 22:45 UTC
Mentioned · Private email (Martti Malmi)

\[bitcoin-list\] Bitcoin 0.2 released
17 December 2009, 06:49 UTC
Mentioned · bitcoin-list (SourceForge)

[bitcoin-list] Bitcoin 0.2 released
17 December 2009, 06:52 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin stuff
22 December 2009, 19:00 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin stuff
23 December 2009, 17:53 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin stuff
25 December 2009, 16:11 UTC
Forum or list reply · BitcoinTalk

Re: Is my second Transaction working correctly? +Transfer Question
5 January 2010, 20:00 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: A newb's test - anyone want to buy a picture for $1?
28 January 2010, 01:01 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin API
3 February 2010, 20:25 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Exchange options
4 February 2010, 01:32 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Exchange ideas
4 February 2010, 02:20 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin API
4 February 2010, 18:50 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

UTF-8 to ANSI hack in CAboutDialog
4 February 2010, 19:33 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin API
4 February 2010, 19:59 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoin API research status
5 February 2010, 04:08 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Exchange options
5 February 2010, 18:29 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: UTF-8 to ANSI hack in CAboutDialog
5 February 2010, 18:39 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

JSON-RPC status
7 February 2010, 06:12 UTC
Mentioned · BitcoinTalk

Bitcoin client and website translation
8 February 2010, 01:27 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Translation
8 February 2010, 15:28 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Translation
11 February 2010, 22:58 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: JSON-RPC status
13 February 2010, 01:08 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: JSON-RPC status
14 February 2010, 21:48 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: JSON-RPC status
15 February 2010, 18:11 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: Number of connections
21 February 2010, 03:43 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Non-GUI option
22 February 2010, 20:17 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Non-GUI option
23 February 2010, 01:41 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Non-GUI option
24 February 2010, 06:34 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: Command Line and JSON-RPC
24 February 2010, 22:08 UTC
Forum or list reply · BitcoinTalk

Re: Command Line and JSON-RPC
25 February 2010, 22:54 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoind
28 February 2010, 14:47 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoind
28 February 2010, 20:09 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoind
2 March 2010, 22:27 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoind
3 March 2010, 03:54 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoind
3 March 2010, 17:15 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoind
5 March 2010, 00:42 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoind
5 March 2010, 00:54 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Bitcoind
5 March 2010, 01:42 UTC
Forum or list reply · BitcoinTalk

Re: Command Line and JSON-RPC
5 March 2010, 01:46 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Blog
6 March 2010, 06:39 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: who is bitcoin.com
23 March 2010, 15:22 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Status update
16 May 2010, 19:12 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: removing bitcoin addresses
16 May 2010, 23:34 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: Technical clarifications
14 June 2010, 22:21 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: 0.3 almost ready
22 June 2010, 17:02 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

0.3.0 rc1 quickie download link
22 June 2010, 17:36 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: donation
23 June 2010, 20:33 UTC
Forum or list reply · BitcoinTalk

Re: Bitcoin mobile.
26 June 2010, 20:58 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Anonymous, homepage changes
6 July 2010, 02:59 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

0.3.0 released
6 July 2010, 18:03 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: 0.3.0 released
6 July 2010, 18:40 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: On IRC bootstrapping
7 July 2010, 01:31 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Fwd: Re: bitcoin!!!!
14 July 2010, 21:52 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

bitcoin.org drupal users
15 July 2010, 17:41 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Fwd: Please update the bitcoin FAQ so new member can have the right info
15 July 2010, 17:43 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

bitcoin.org server
15 July 2010, 20:00 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Fwd: bitcoin hosting
18 July 2010, 15:23 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

wiki
18 July 2010, 15:23 UTC
Forum or list reply · BitcoinTalk

Re: URI-scheme for bitcoin
18 July 2010, 16:06 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Donation
21 July 2010, 22:28 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Donation
23 July 2010, 15:59 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Donation
24 July 2010, 14:38 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version \`GLIBCXX\_3.4.11'
26 July 2010, 18:22 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Forum e-mail notifications and PBL blacklist and wiki registration
29 July 2010, 02:18 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

\[Fwd: no activation mail\]
2 August 2010, 20:56 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Disabled some notifications
2 August 2010, 21:08 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

\[Fwd: Forum e-mail notifications and PBL blacklist and wiki registration\]
2 August 2010, 21:09 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: \[Fwd: Forum e-mail notifications and PBL blacklist and wiki registration\]
11 August 2010, 01:54 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: \[Fwd: Forum e-mail notifications and PBL blacklist and wiki registration\]
11 August 2010, 20:00 UTC
Forum or list reply · BitcoinTalk

Re: Lost large number of bitcoins
11 August 2010, 21:46 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: New screenshots to the front page?
18 August 2010, 16:58 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

\[Fwd: SweepMines now accept bitcoins\]
27 August 2010, 02:36 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: BitCoin Wikipedia page DELETED!!!
30 September 2010, 17:50 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

SMF php code
3 October 2010, 20:27 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: SMF php code
4 October 2010, 19:05 UTC
Posted next in the thread · BitcoinTalk

Re: Website and software translations
4 October 2010, 19:21 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

\[Fwd: Bitcoin.org is down\]
1 December 2010, 00:58 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

What was the bitcoin.org outage?
2 December 2010, 22:00 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: What was the bitcoin.org outage?
3 December 2010, 19:58 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: What was the bitcoin.org outage?
6 December 2010, 16:08 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Project Developers
7 December 2010, 15:38 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: Fwd: Bitcoin question
25 January 2011, 18:34 UTC
Published email · Private email (Martti Malmi)

Re: 0.3.20 release : shipped
22 February 2011, 19:49 UTC

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