Series I · Card 10 of 21 · SATOSHI’S MAILBOX
If you can keep a node running that accepts incoming connections, you’ll really be helping the network a lot.
SATOSHI NAKAMOTO · CRYPTOGRAPHY MAILING LIST · 08.01.2009
Turn it over, answer, sign – free, no account.
Source
Cryptography mailing list (metzdowd), “Bitcoin v0.1 released”, 8 January 2009
About the author
Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. Published the whitepaper “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” in 2008 and launched the network in 2009. Their identity remains unknown.
About the source
The Cryptography mailing list: a moderated list on cryptography where Satoshi presented the whitepaper on 31 October 2008.
The question on the back
How often do you contribute to something everyone benefits from?