One bitcoin developer, Laszlo Hanyecz, best known for making the first real-world purchase in bitcoin for a pair of pizzas, told Business Insider he exchanged hundreds of emails with the bitcoin creator in 2010.
Their interaction began when Hanyecz, who had been mining bitcoins on his laptop, expressed interest in contributing to the cryptocurrency's development online. Nakamoto agreed, Hanyecz said, and over the course of the year, Nakamoto sent tasks for Hanyecz to complete.
Hanyecz said his interactions with Nakamoto were always "kind of weird."
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"I thought bitcoin was awesome, and I wanted to be involved, but I had a regular developing job," Hanyecz said. "Nakamoto would send me emails like 'Hey, can you fix this bug?' 'Hey, can you do this?'"
Hanyecz said that even though his work on bitcoin was a side project he worked on for free, Nakamoto treated him as if he were a full-time employee.
"He'd say, 'Hey, the west side's down,' or 'We have these bugs — we need to fix this.' I'd be like, we? We're not a team," Hanyecz said. "I thought that it was approval from him, that maybe he accepted me as a member. But I didn't want the responsibility. I didn't really understand all of the forces that were going on at the time."
Hanyecz said Nakamoto's demands occasionally rubbed him the wrong way.
"I'd say, 'Hey, you're not my boss,'" Hanyecz said. "I didn't take it too seriously though."
'I asked a few questions, but he always dodged them'
Nakamoto didn't seem too thrilled about Hanyecz's burgeoning mining pursuits either, Hanyecz said. https://www.businessinsider.com/satoshi-nakamoto-was-weird-and-bossy-says-bitcoin-developer-2018-5?IR=T
Their interaction began when Hanyecz, who had been mining bitcoins on his laptop, expressed interest in contributing to the cryptocurrency's development online. Nakamoto agreed, Hanyecz said, and over the course of the year, Nakamoto sent tasks for Hanyecz to complete.
Hanyecz said his interactions with Nakamoto were always "kind of weird."
bitcoin
Reuters/Dado Ruvic
"I thought bitcoin was awesome, and I wanted to be involved, but I had a regular developing job," Hanyecz said. "Nakamoto would send me emails like 'Hey, can you fix this bug?' 'Hey, can you do this?'"
Hanyecz said that even though his work on bitcoin was a side project he worked on for free, Nakamoto treated him as if he were a full-time employee.
"He'd say, 'Hey, the west side's down,' or 'We have these bugs — we need to fix this.' I'd be like, we? We're not a team," Hanyecz said. "I thought that it was approval from him, that maybe he accepted me as a member. But I didn't want the responsibility. I didn't really understand all of the forces that were going on at the time."
Hanyecz said Nakamoto's demands occasionally rubbed him the wrong way.
"I'd say, 'Hey, you're not my boss,'" Hanyecz said. "I didn't take it too seriously though."
'I asked a few questions, but he always dodged them'
Nakamoto didn't seem too thrilled about Hanyecz's burgeoning mining pursuits either, Hanyecz said. https://www.businessinsider.com/satoshi-nakamoto-was-weird-and-bossy-says-bitcoin-developer-2018-5?IR=T
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