<p>I tried running the very first bitcoin client released by Satoshi in 2009, <code>Bitcoin v0.1.0</code> on Windows 10. Of course I knew it wouldn't work or do anything since it's extremely outdated, but I wanted to try it anyway out of curiosity.</p>
<p>It runs but doesn't make any connections and can't download the blockchain. Is there a technical reason for this?</p>

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2023-07-30T02:52:31.760Z
Did you give it a few nodes to connect to? The mechanism that it uses to find initial nodes won't work anymore because it's long since been replaced.
David Schwartz
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2023-07-31T15:49:13.947Z
Possible duplicate of https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/74323/5406, https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/90811/5406
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Why doesn't the very first bitcoin release work anymore?
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# Why doesn't the very first bitcoin release work anymore?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-07-29)

I tried running the very first bitcoin client released by Satoshi in 2009, `Bitcoin v0.1.0` on Windows 10. Of course I knew it wouldn't work or do anything since it's extremely outdated, but I wanted to try it anyway out of curiosity.

It runs but doesn't make any connections and can't download the blockchain. Is there a technical reason for this?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Did you give it a few nodes to connect to? The mechanism that it uses to find initial nodes won't work anymore because it's long since been replaced.  
> **username_2**: Possible duplicate of https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/74323/5406, https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/90811/5406  

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