We have enough people on here.

]GPT5[

The **Cypherpunks mailing list** was fairly small but influential when **Bitcoin** was first introduced in **late 2008**. Estimates vary, but based on archived records and first-hand accounts from participants:

- Around **700 to 2,000 subscribers** were active on the **Cypherpunks and related cryptography mailing lists** (such as the **metzdowd.com cryptography list** where Satoshi Nakamoto first announced Bitcoin).

- The **core active participants**—those who regularly posted and discussed technical topics—were much fewer, likely **in the dozens**.

In short: when Bitcoin was being developed and announced (2008–2009), there were **hundreds to a few thousand total subscribers**, but only **a small, active core** who truly engaged with the ideas that shaped decentralized digital money.