Messenger, Atoms and Poker: What was the first version of Bitcoin?

This week a very interesting find surfaced on the Internet - someone published a pre-release version of the Bitcoin protocol code developed by Satoshi Nakamoto. According to preliminary data, even before the launch of the cryptocurrency network on January 3, 2009, people from the closed circle of trusted representatives Satoshi had the honor to study his achievements.

Prehistoric Bitcoin
Discussions in the cryptocommunity flared up after the publication of the famous developer Francis Pulio. Two days ago, he shared a very old version of Satoshi's source code and a letter sent to a certain James Donald, where the creator of Bitcoin “attached main files”. The letter is dated November 17, 2008.

I worked on all the fine details last year, there are still a lot of them. Some functional aspects are not disclosed in paper, but the source code will be ready soon. I am sending you the main files.

The source code on Bitcointalk was published by the user under the nickname Cryddit. In the publication Nakamoto for the first time uses the term "Bitcoin miner". It is noteworthy that there is not a word about the miners as such in the Whitepaper cryptocurrency - there they are called nodes. In addition, the blockchain was originally called the “ - time line”.

Prior to the release of the project, the individual “face values” of Bitcoin were called a coin (1,000,000 satoshi) and a cent (10,000 satoshi). The term “satoshi” was not used by anyone then. In the comments to the code, “atoms” and “user reviews” are mentioned. The earlier version assumed the existence of a certain evaluation system.

Another potential use of Bitcoin is sending IRC messages, P2P trading platform and even virtual poker. However, Satoshi refused to integrate these ideas in the final release of the protocol. Years later, the developers also did not integrate them into the main cryptocurrency protocol.

Recall Satoshi worked on Bitcoin up to version 0.3.19. In 2010, he handed over the reins to Gavin Andersen, after which he disappeared. Last year, his P2P Foundation account gave the first signs of life after a long break. However, the ownership of messages posted there to the original creator of Bitcoin is still controversial.