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2010
Event
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“WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest”
What happened
As donors looked to fund WikiLeaks with Bitcoin after a banking blockade, Satoshi urged restraint: "It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us." It was his penultimate public post.
Significance
Satoshi feared premature attention could endanger a fragile project — and within days went silent for good. One of the last windows into his thinking.