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A litany of insights into the early days of cryptocurrency were recently revealed when Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamotos earliest collaborator, Martti Malmi, published 120 pages of email correspondences between the two on GitHub on Feb. 23.

The true identity of Nakamoto remains a point of conjecture throughout the greater cryptocurrency and blockchain community. However, the emails recently published on GitHub by Malmi were initially introduced as evidence in a London court case brought by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance against Craig Wright, who has claimed to be Nakamoto.

Based on Cointelegraphs cursory examination of the emails, there are no smoking guns or tell-tale revelations that would immediately shine a light on Satoshis true identity. But for historians and Bitcoin lore enthusiasts, the emails include many fantastic quotes and a general air of Satoshi-ness that same straightforward, simple-yet-comprehensive, no-nonsense style that permeates the Bitcoin white paper.

While its long been posited that Satoshi themselves came up with the term cryptocurrency, one email sent to Malmi on June 11, 2009, appears to poke a major hole in this theory.

Per Satoshi:

To Malmis credit, he responded that it sounds good and added that it sounded more interesting than digital P2P cash.

Malmis email correspondence also demonstrates Satoshis keen understanding of anonymity, what it meant and what the risks of misinformation could mean for Bitcoin.

As Satoshi wrote in one email:

The email continues to essentially predict the rise of blockchain forensics:

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Newly released Satoshi emails reveal a treasure trove of early Bitcoin lore - Cointelegraph