Who created this forum???

[koelen3]

As we use this forum and see it!
Theymos is our awesome admin
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35

But i always thought that Theymos created the forum and continued to develop it so well!
Seeing this thread

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5.0

Satoshi welcome's everyone to new forum , dumping up the old one .
My question is who exactly created the forum
I always thought it was Theymos , but it seems Satoshi was original creator of this forum.
Then how did Theymos got his admin post , did satoshi appoint him as being one of the early adopter's ?

PS : that is the first post for General people though there were 4 more theads for testing by satoshi
https://bitcointalk.org/first_topics/

Thanks to theymos for providing this to us .
It got some really awesome and great things

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[MineForeman.com]

Satoshi did.

He handed it off to Theymos quite quickly though.

[jacktheking]

Check this thread, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=881877.0. If I'm not wrong, it is Sirius and theymos.

[Quickseller]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

[koelen3]

Satoshi did.

He handed it off to Theymos quite quickly though.

Check this thread, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=881877.0. If I'm not wrong, it is Sirius and theymos.

Cool!
Thank you
I got this

This forum was created by Satoshi and Sirius. I didn't know about Bitcoin at the time.

So it was satoshi afterall
but how did theymos got hold of it when he didn't knew of bitcoin at that moment???

[koelen3]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

Okay i got profile to Sirius too
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=4

Seems he hasn't been online since oct 2014 .
Two most Important people for bitcointalk
Satoshi and Sirius i.e.
Do anyone knows about Sirius ?
Is he off to somewhere?

[Chef Ramsay]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

I'm not sure of the particulars but I heard there was a sizable donation of coins to this forum for its operation to some extent.   Sounds like a very interesting timeline tho. I'd like to hear Theymos' opinions of the Bitcoin market up to this point, not sure I've ever been graced with this person's presence. Would be like a mystery unfolding..

[alani123]

The forum used to be in the bitcoin.org domain too if I'm not mistaken.

[koelen3]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

I'm not sure of the particulars but I heard there was a sizable donation of coins to this forum for its operation to some extent.   Sounds like a very interesting timeline tho. I'd like to hear Theymos' opinions of the Bitcoin market up to this point, not sure I've ever been graced with this person's presence. Would be like a mystery unfolding..

As i am seeing it's really exciting to find this , Theymos says in his old posts as the link provided by JackthiKing
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=881877.0
That he heard it first on 4chan

Would really be awesome if he can write how it all happened, how he became a admin
Would be like a legend , from a simple man to the admin of Bitcointalk  

[Quickseller]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

Okay i got profile to Sirius too
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=4

Seems he hasn't been online since oct 2014 .
Two most Important people for bitcointalk
Satoshi and Sirius i.e.
Do anyone knows about Sirius ?
Is he off to somewhere?

He is not extensively involved in the forum, although my understanding is that he is involved in bitcoin in other ways.

[koelen3]

The forum used to be in the bitcoin.org domain too if I'm not mistaken.

No as it's stated here by satoshi

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5.0

It was
http://bitcoin.sourceforge.net/boards/index.php

[Quickseller]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

I'm not sure of the particulars but I heard there was a sizable donation of coins to this forum for its operation to some extent.   Sounds like a very interesting timeline tho. I'd like to hear Theymos' opinions of the Bitcoin market up to this point, not sure I've ever been graced with this person's presence. Would be like a mystery unfolding..

Back in 2011 theymos was solicating donations for people to donate 10 BTC to get a special 'donator' status, and 50 BTC to get a special 'VIP' status. Several people donated, enough so that the forum received over 5,000 BTC that was to be used to host the forum (which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access) and to upgrade the forum software

[koelen3]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

I'm not sure of the particulars but I heard there was a sizable donation of coins to this forum for its operation to some extent.   Sounds like a very interesting timeline tho. I'd like to hear Theymos' opinions of the Bitcoin market up to this point, not sure I've ever been graced with this person's presence. Would be like a mystery unfolding..

Back in 2011 theymos was solicating donations for people to donate 10 BTC to get a special 'donator' status, and 50 BTC to get a special 'VIP' status. Several people donated, enough so that the forum received over 5,000 BTC that was to be used to host the forum (which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access) and to upgrade the forum software

Wow! kool
I see this still applies but seeing the price now , that's freaking huge
Anyways what do you mean by
(which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access)

Are  they providing free VPN to bitcointalk

[alani123]

The forum used to be in the bitcoin.org domain too if I'm not mistaken.

No as it's stated here by satoshi

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5.0

It was
http://bitcoin.sourceforge.net/boards/index.php

forum.bitcoin.org redirects here...

[Quickseller]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

I'm not sure of the particulars but I heard there was a sizable donation of coins to this forum for its operation to some extent.  Sounds like a very interesting timeline tho. I'd like to hear Theymos' opinions of the Bitcoin market up to this point, not sure I've ever been graced with this person's presence. Would be like a mystery unfolding..

Back in 2011 theymos was solicating donations for people to donate 10 BTC to get a special 'donator' status, and 50 BTC to get a special 'VIP' status. Several people donated, enough so that the forum received over 5,000 BTC that was to be used to host the forum (which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access) and to upgrade the forum software

Wow! kool
I see this still applies but seeing the price now , that's freaking huge
Anyways what do you mean by
(which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access)

Are  they providing free VPN to bitcointalk

PIA is providing hosting/internet to the forum for free. I believe the forum/theymos owns the actual servers that contain the data of the forum's DB and it's backups

[koelen3]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

I'm not sure of the particulars but I heard there was a sizable donation of coins to this forum for its operation to some extent.  Sounds like a very interesting timeline tho. I'd like to hear Theymos' opinions of the Bitcoin market up to this point, not sure I've ever been graced with this person's presence. Would be like a mystery unfolding..

Back in 2011 theymos was solicating donations for people to donate 10 BTC to get a special 'donator' status, and 50 BTC to get a special 'VIP' status. Several people donated, enough so that the forum received over 5,000 BTC that was to be used to host the forum (which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access) and to upgrade the forum software

Wow! kool
I see this still applies but seeing the price now , that's freaking huge
Anyways what do you mean by
(which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access)

Are  they providing free VPN to bitcointalk

PIA is providing hosting/internet to the forum for free. I believe the forum/theymos owns the actual servers that contain the data of the forum's DB and it's backups

Oh! that's interesting
Are they interested in bitcoin or they have certain terms with Theymos ?
Why free??

[Quickseller]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

I'm not sure of the particulars but I heard there was a sizable donation of coins to this forum for its operation to some extent.  Sounds like a very interesting timeline tho. I'd like to hear Theymos' opinions of the Bitcoin market up to this point, not sure I've ever been graced with this person's presence. Would be like a mystery unfolding..

Back in 2011 theymos was solicating donations for people to donate 10 BTC to get a special 'donator' status, and 50 BTC to get a special 'VIP' status. Several people donated, enough so that the forum received over 5,000 BTC that was to be used to host the forum (which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access) and to upgrade the forum software

Wow! kool
I see this still applies but seeing the price now , that's freaking huge
Anyways what do you mean by
(which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access)

Are  they providing free VPN to bitcointalk

PIA is providing hosting/internet to the forum for free. I believe the forum/theymos owns the actual servers that contain the data of the forum's DB and it's backups

Oh! that's interesting
Are they interested in bitcoin or they have certain terms with Theymos ?
Why free??

I have no idea what the specifics of the agreement are, however I assume that it has something to do with the fact that theymos gives PIA one free forum advertisement slot as well as a link at the bottom of every page

[koelen3]

The forum was created by satoshi. The domain is owned by Sirius, and managed by theymos.

I am not sure how theymos became administrator of the forum, however he is one of the very early users of bitcointalk.

I'm not sure of the particulars but I heard there was a sizable donation of coins to this forum for its operation to some extent.  Sounds like a very interesting timeline tho. I'd like to hear Theymos' opinions of the Bitcoin market up to this point, not sure I've ever been graced with this person's presence. Would be like a mystery unfolding..

Back in 2011 theymos was solicating donations for people to donate 10 BTC to get a special 'donator' status, and 50 BTC to get a special 'VIP' status. Several people donated, enough so that the forum received over 5,000 BTC that was to be used to host the forum (which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access) and to upgrade the forum software

Wow! kool
I see this still applies but seeing the price now , that's freaking huge
Anyways what do you mean by
(which is now free curtsy of Private Internet Access)

Are  they providing free VPN to bitcointalk

PIA is providing hosting/internet to the forum for free. I believe the forum/theymos owns the actual servers that contain the data of the forum's DB and it's backups

Oh! that's interesting
Are they interested in bitcoin or they have certain terms with Theymos ?
Why free??

I have no idea what the specifics of the agreement are, however I assume that it has something to do with the fact that theymos gives PIA one free forum advertisement slot as well as a link at the bottom of every page

oh! :O
I never noticed
Just saw it shows them as the Sponsor
That explain it !
Thank you

[koelen3]

The forum used to be in the bitcoin.org domain too if I'm not mistaken.

No as it's stated here by satoshi

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5.0

It was
http://bitcoin.sourceforge.net/boards/index.php

forum.bitcoin.org redirects here...

maybe they linked it here for ease for newbie's
Don't know about it

[theymos]

The story of how I became head admin is actually pretty boring. Moderators were needed, so I was made a global moderator. Then admins were needed, so I was made an admin. Then over time the other admins slowly lost interest and resigned until I was the only one left. I guess most of the people who were around here to see this have more-or-less left the community now. That's a bit sad.

It's not entirely clear, but for simplicity I usually say that I became head admin at the beginning of 2011, a little over a year after the forum was created.

The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then forum.bitcoin.org (hence the redirect), and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.

[koelen3]

The story of how I became head admin is actually pretty boring. Moderators were needed, so I was made a global moderator. Then admins were needed, so I was made an admin. Then over time the other admins slowly lost interest and resigned until I was the only one left. I guess most of the people who were around here to see this have more-or-less left the community now. That's a bit sad.

It's not entirely clear, but for simplicity I usually say that I became head admin at the beginning of 2011, a little over a year after the forum was created.

The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then forum.bitcoin.org (hence the redirect), and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.

Wow! it's an honour that you replied

It's not at all boring , am sure those who left ,must be really repenting it now.

So, orginally Jeff bought the domain not Sirius
Thank you for clarifying so much here

[xuan87]

The story of how I became head admin is actually pretty boring. Moderators were needed, so I was made a global moderator. Then admins were needed, so I was made an admin. Then over time the other admins slowly lost interest and resigned until I was the only one left. I guess most of the people who were around here to see this have more-or-less left the community now. That's a bit sad.

It's not entirely clear, but for simplicity I usually say that I became head admin at the beginning of 2011, a little over a year after the forum was created.

The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then forum.bitcoin.org (hence the redirect), and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.

Wow! it's an honour that you replied

It's not at all boring , am sure those who left ,must be really repenting it now.

So, orginally Jeff bought the domain not Sirius
Thank you for clarifying so much here

Features like search box, start a new thread , trust system , etc all invent by theymos himself or there are another group that handle this ?

[Muhammed Zakir]

but how did theymos got hold of it when he didn't knew of bitcoin at that moment???

theymos came to know about Bitcoin when he found a person complaining on 4chan about "how long it takes to download the Blockchain?", IIRC.

The story of how I became head admin is actually pretty boring. Moderators were needed, so I was made a global moderator. Then admins were needed, so I was made an admin. Then over time the other admins slowly lost interest and resigned until I was the only one left. I guess most of the people who were around here to see this have more-or-less left the community now. That's a bit sad.

It's not entirely clear, but for simplicity I usually say that I became head admin at the beginning of 2011, a little over a year after the forum was created.

The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then forum.bitcoin.org (hence the redirect), and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.

Thank you, theymos! I read you have met some people from this forum, so have you met Sirius?

Features like search box, start a new thread , trust system , etc all invent by theymos himself or there are another group that handle this ?

It was obviously theymos' idea but others have contributed to it.

   -MZ

[koelen3]

The story of how I became head admin is actually pretty boring. Moderators were needed, so I was made a global moderator. Then admins were needed, so I was made an admin. Then over time the other admins slowly lost interest and resigned until I was the only one left. I guess most of the people who were around here to see this have more-or-less left the community now. That's a bit sad.

It's not entirely clear, but for simplicity I usually say that I became head admin at the beginning of 2011, a little over a year after the forum was created.

The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then forum.bitcoin.org (hence the redirect), and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.

Thank you, theymos! I read you have met some people from this forum, so have you met Sirius?


   -MZ

Oh! did he?
i wish to meet some great people too someday .

[fildza]

The story of how I became head admin is actually pretty boring. Moderators were needed, so I was made a global moderator. Then admins were needed, so I was made an admin. Then over time the other admins slowly lost interest and resigned until I was the only one left. I guess most of the people who were around here to see this have more-or-less left the community now. That's a bit sad.

It's not entirely clear, but for simplicity I usually say that I became head admin at the beginning of 2011, a little over a year after the forum was created.

The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then forum.bitcoin.org (hence the redirect), and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.

Wow! it's an honour that you replied

It's not at all boring , am sure those who left ,must be really repenting it now.

So, orginally Jeff bought the domain not Sirius
Thank you for clarifying so much here

This is important and awesome story for me as btctalk is the largest community of btc

[koelen3]

The story of how I became head admin is actually pretty boring. Moderators were needed, so I was made a global moderator. Then admins were needed, so I was made an admin. Then over time the other admins slowly lost interest and resigned until I was the only one left. I guess most of the people who were around here to see this have more-or-less left the community now. That's a bit sad.

It's not entirely clear, but for simplicity I usually say that I became head admin at the beginning of 2011, a little over a year after the forum was created.

The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then forum.bitcoin.org (hence the redirect), and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.

Wow! it's an honour that you replied

It's not at all boring , am sure those who left ,must be really repenting it now.

So, orginally Jeff bought the domain not Sirius
Thank you for clarifying so much here

This is important and awesome story for me as btctalk is the largest community of btc

No doubts over that

[runningfree]

I think there is lesson in this thread somewhere. Something like "stay the course" or  "win by attrition" .

This should be the overall motto for bitcoin.

[koelen3]

I think there is lesson in this thread somewhere. Something like "stay the course" or  "win by attrition" .

This should be the overall motto for bitcoin.

You said it !
Theymos stayed and see where he is now .
Just be patient and keep giving you best , our Admin is a ideal for that

[cryptopaths]

Why don't any of the other admins come back?

[Muhammed Zakir]

Why don't any of the other admins come back?

Satoshi = I think gone forever.
Sirius = Probably busy with his life but he may come back but probably not as Admin.

   -MZ

[koelen3]

Why don't any of the other admins come back?

theymos = I think gone forever.
Sirius = Probably busy with his life but he may come back but probably not as Admin.

   -MZ

Excuse me but what does this mean ?

theymos = I think gone forever.

[Karartma1]

As far as I know first forum's address was "bitcoin.org/smf" and it was created by satoshi.

here's the oldest forum; go to: http://web.archive.org/ and search for: bitcoin.org/smf
here's the screen caps;

check the below of the page; That's so nice to see

Bitcoin Forum - Info Center
Recent Posts
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Re: A few suggestions by satoshi (Bitcoin Discussion)   December 14, 2009, 05:15 pm
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New Exchange Service: "BTC 2 PSC" by SmokeTooMuch (Bitcoin Discussion)   December 14, 2009, 02:45 pm
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Re: A few suggestions by madhatter2 (Bitcoin Discussion)   December 14, 2009, 09:27 am
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[koelen3]

As far as I know first forum's address was "bitcoin.org/smf" and it was created by satoshi.

here's the oldest forum; go to: http://web.archive.org/ and search for: bitcoin.org/smf
here's the screen caps;

check the below of the page; That's so nice to see

Bitcoin Forum - Info Center
Recent Posts
Recent Posts   
Re: A few suggestions by satoshi (Bitcoin Discussion)   December 14, 2009, 05:15 pm
Re: A few suggestions by madhatter2 (Bitcoin Discussion)   December 14, 2009, 03:00 pm
New Exchange Service: "BTC 2 PSC" by SmokeTooMuch (Bitcoin Discussion)   December 14, 2009, 02:45 pm
Re: A few suggestions by madhatter2 (Bitcoin Discussion)   December 14, 2009, 01:09 pm
Re: A few suggestions by madhatter2 (Bitcoin Discussion)   December 14, 2009, 09:27 am
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Latest Post: "Re: A few suggestions" ( December 14, 2009, 05:15 pm )
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Users Online   1 Guest, 0 Users

Most Online Today: 1. Most Online Ever: 4 (December 10, 2009, 01:18 am)

Wow! man great search
Amazing how things changed

Most Online Today: 1. Most Online Ever: 4 (December 10, 2009, 01:18 am)


Most Online:    7150 - April 10, 2013, 06:12:15 PM

Never thought 7150 members was the most ever online but again we know most of the accounts are being made by someone since some months

[alani123]

So I was right about the bitcoin.org domain!

[Karartma1]

So I was right about the bitcoin.org domain!

Yeap you were right.
First satoshi created this forum as a folder under bitcoin.org/smf/ in December 2009
Then it was located to subdomain forum.bitcoin.org in May 2011
Finally it was completely seperated from bitcoin.org in September 2011.
Ps: Those dates are decided according to web.archive.org archives.

[MAsterV]

The story of how I became head admin is actually pretty boring. Moderators were needed, so I was made a global moderator. Then admins were needed, so I was made an admin. Then over time the other admins slowly lost interest and resigned until I was the only one left. I guess most of the people who were around here to see this have more-or-less left the community now. That's a bit sad.

It's not entirely clear, but for simplicity I usually say that I became head admin at the beginning of 2011, a little over a year after the forum was created.

The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then forum.bitcoin.org (hence the redirect), and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.

Amazing Story... So you believed in the power of the BITCOIN, and now you are here... 
 
But look at it now, you are the HEAD ADMIN . just great 

[Nerazzura]

could be an account with satoshi name used by some people, and satoshi is in fact not one person but a group of people. do not matter who made this forum. but the most important is how to keep this forum in order to remain there

[Muhammed Zakir]

could be an account with satoshi name used by some people, and satoshi is in fact not one person but a group of people. do not matter who made this forum. but the most important is how to keep this forum in order to remain there

I don't think Satoshi is a few people but there is a chance. If he is a few people, then he writing language will be different but there wasn't any claimings it was different though there was a claiming his English is so fluent and great.

   -MZ

[koelen3]

could be an account with satoshi name used by some people, and satoshi is in fact not one person but a group of people. do not matter who made this forum. but the most important is how to keep this forum in order to remain there

I don't think Satoshi is a few people but there is a chance. If he is a few people, then he writing language will be different but there wasn't any claimings it was different though there was a claiming his English is so fluent and great.

   -MZ

I do agree with you, Satoshi wasn't/isn't a group but a single person , as Hal Finney said in his thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.0

He says , Today, Satoshi's true identity has become a mystery. But at the time, I thought I was dealing with a young man of Japanese ancestry who was very smart and sincere. I've had the good fortune to know many brilliant people over the course of my life, so I recognize the signs.

[koelen3]

So I was right about the bitcoin.org domain!

Yeap you were right.
First satoshi created this forum as a folder under bitcoin.org/smf/ in December 2009
Then it was located to subdomain forum.bitcoin.org in May 2011
Finally it was completely seperated from bitcoin.org in September 2011.
Ps: Those dates are decided according to web.archive.org archives.

Actually as i think it was finally seperated to Bitcointalk.org in november 2009 ,he was pretty fast with the work and all
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5.0