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Dustin D. Trammell
Among the first to run and discuss Bitcoin with Satoshi.
Known as I)ruid, Dustin TrammellActive Jan 2009 →
Why they matter
His published correspondence captures Satoshi explaining Bitcoin's motivation in plain terms at the very moment the network came alive.
Profile
Security researcher who downloaded Bitcoin in its first days, exchanged a series of emails with Satoshi in January 2009 about the software and its goals, and was one of the first people other than Hal Finney to mine.