OT- Bitcoin

[redli]

I think you meant the NCAA or NASA. Both of which are the true power behind the moves of the world.

 

[Sinomatic]

LOL, none of you know why, for sure, unless one of you is satoshi. Or maybe Hal Finne. Or maybe Hal WAS satoshi?!?!? Either way, all you have is a few white papers and list serve messages, it's not like you know either. You've definitely put your own beliefs on it, but you don't really know the creators motivations.

I'm taking the declared statements by the author at face value until they are proven to be false.



"On the 18th of August 2008, the domain name bitcoin.org was registered.[11] Later that year, on 31 October, a link to a paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System[12] was posted to a cryptography mailing list.[13] This paper detailed methods of using a peer-to-peer network to generate what was described as "a system for electronic transactions without relying on trust".[14][15][16] On 3 January 2009, the bitcoin network came into existence with Satoshi Nakamoto mining the genesis block of bitcoin (block number 0), which had a reward of 50 bitcoins.[14][17] Embedded in the genesis block was the text:

The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks

 

[redli]

that doesn't tell you anything about his/her/their motivations, just what they were trying to accomplish, not why they/them were trying to accomplish it. It's well known in bitcoin circles that it's actually better that no one really knows the inventor or their motivations, because everyone has been able to decide why they believe in it for themselves, instead of some author writing the story for you.