how can I get a copy of the original source (0.1.0)?

[Blinken]

Hi, how can I get a copy of the original Bitcoin rar distributed Fri, 09 Jan 2009?

Originally this was posted at:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/bitcoin/bitcoin-0.1.0.rar

This link is no longer valid.

[dogisland]

The commits on Github go back to August 2009 so you might be able to get it there.

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commits/master?page=41

[BitterTea]

I think the first release might have been 0.1.5, which is on the Sourceforge download page.

This is the first instance of Bitcoin.org in the Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20090131115053/http://bitcoin.org/

edit... nevermind, this is the first, and it lists 0.1.3: http://web.archive.org/web/20090131115053/http://bitcoin.org/

[Blinken]

The current source directory has been trunked and the old code prior to August has been removed. I want the original rar, dated January 2009.

[error]

The current source directory has been trunked and the old code prior to August has been removed. I want the original rar, dated January 2009.

I want 21 million bitcoins to magically appear in my wallet. Unfortunately I don't think either is going to happen.

[terrytibbs]

I've still got 0.1.3, if that's of any interest to you.

[wareen]

According to this site, the file bitcoin-0.1.3.rar was released only 4 days after bitcoin-0.1.0.rar and has the same filesize.

According to this sourceforge page, both files also have the same md5sum, which is a bit surprising, because the included readme contains the version number "BitCoin v0.1.3 ALPHA". It seems, the 0.1.0 rar was retroactively replaced with the 0.1.3 rar (brown-paper-bag bug?)

You can probably consider this the original release for all practical purposes.

[terrytibbs]

Here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/?wu5e1rum8e5dbhf

Feel free to verify the checksum with the one posted above.

[Blinken]

Thanks very much, much appreciated.

[remotemass]

http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/bitcoin-clients/original-bitcoin-source-code-archives/