BitcoinTalk

https://bitcointalk.org

https://x.com/bitcointalk

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BitcoinTalk (bitcointalk.org)

BitcoinTalk (commonly styled Bitcointalk) is an online discussion forum focused on Bitcoin and, more broadly, cryptocurrencies. It is historically significant as one of the earliest and most prominent venues for Bitcoin-related technical discussion, development, mining, trading, and economics. (en.bitcoin.it)

History and governance

• The forum is generally described as having been founded on November 22, 2009, with Satoshi Nakamoto commonly credited as founder. (en.bitcoin.it)
• According to the Bitcoin Wiki (en.bitcoin.it), the domain name is owned by “Sirius” (Martti Malmi), while the forum is administered by “theymos.” (en.bitcoin.it)
• The forum is widely associated with early Bitcoin community infrastructure and has been the subject of security and operational incidents reported in mainstream technology media (e.g., DNS-related attack warnings attributed to theymos). (computerworld.com)

Platform

• BitcoinTalk runs on Simple Machines Forum (SMF) software (the site’s help pages are SMF-branded and identify the SMF version). (bitcointalk.org)

BitcoinTalk on X (Twitter): @bitcointalk

The @bitcointalk account is presented as the official X/Twitter account for the BitcoinTalk forum, describing itself as “Official Twitter account for bitcointalk.org, the original Bitcoin Forum,” and showing it joined in August 2011 (per the publicly visible profile snippet). (twitter.com)