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Good Point. He still changed the world. What I find a lot interesting about Satoshi is that he is good in keeping himself private and doesn't really need fame after all.
theymos actually brought up a good point on how Satoshi had an idea and made it possible through hardwork and dedication. People also need to use what Satoshi had taught us in our personal lives, we must learn that we won't be going anywhere without putting up the work to reach our goals. Satoshi identified what is missing in our world and made Bitcoin as a solution. I personally consider this something how business minded people work he himself brought in a new kind of market just by with his idea and influence this crypto market didn't even existed since other coins like Litecoin, ETH, Dogecoin came along.
They said Bitcoin was created to fight the 2008 crisis. If indeed true then it is on the way of solving all these along with all the Altcoins.
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theymos actually brought up a good point on how Satoshi had an idea and made it possible through hardwork and dedication. People also need to use what Satoshi had taught us in our personal lives, we must learn that we won't be going anywhere without putting up the work to reach our goals. Satoshi identified what is missing in our world and made Bitcoin as a solution. I personally consider this something how business minded people work he himself brought in a new kind of market just by with his idea and influence this crypto market didn't even existed since other coins like Litecoin, ETH, Dogecoin came along.
Unconsciously, Bitcoin has been born for 10 years. When I look back at the history of Bitcoin, I feel that it is not a long time. I even think it might have only been born for 3-5 years. To be honest, before 2014, I had never heard of Bitcoin. My earliest memory of Bitcoin stayed in a hacking exchange event.
Well my first time seeing Bitcoin if I am not mistaken is 5 years ago. I don't know if that is a replay of a tv show but I do heard the line of the host saying "Bitcoin is being accepted at some pubs at ...". I just shrugged it off since I don't know what is that and fast forward to 3 years later when I knew what Bitcoin was and there is this regret that I should've ask some people I knew online about it. I did not invest that quickly on Bitcoin but I do some small mining on PCs and spread some referrals. I started investing, and it is really sad, at the the price of $765 though I am earning some satoshis before $600. It is fun though, this is the first currency I invested in and it is great. Great 10 years of Bitcoin will pass and I know it will be developed more in the upcoming years. Better invest while the price is low and keep on holding.
Unconsciously, Bitcoin has been born for 10 years. When I look back at the history of Bitcoin, I feel that it is not a long time. I even think it might have only been born for 3-5 years. To be honest, before 2014, I had never heard of Bitcoin. My earliest memory of Bitcoin stayed in a hacking exchange event.
Good write up. It would be interesting to see which block gets the timestamp of 2019-01-03 18:15:05. Ten years is no longer way but the development, changes, acceptance it has undergone is literally sky high. Satoshi and the fellow helpers like Hal, sirius has undoubtedly made many people millionaires and billionaires, has challenged government organizations, brought up the future of money and what not. If satoshi alone was promoting this right back in the early days of the network, it would not have reached such heights. Apart from theymos, most of us came here only after what came to be known as cryptocurrency. Satoshi was not only a good coder, he was probably a good economist too who thought upon various economic aspects of making bitcoin future of money.
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Of course you understand that the intention is not to belittle anything. Even then, if you feel this (as a programmer yourself probably), it'd be helpful if you give your own perspective on the difficulty level of the code. It'd be good knowledge for learners like myself.
I am not a C++ coder, but based on the knowledge gained from my university it is easier to understand the code if you have read some basic level of programming and know how cryptography works. The flow could be easier to you only if you know where the cryptography gets applied in the code. Unless it could be a difficult time for beginners and newbies reading the code. For people like us, we can understand better by compiling the code. You can also follow the codebase present in git and read the issues, PR which are raised by devs for easy understanding of how the flow works.Of course you understand that the intention is not to belittle anything. Even then, if you feel this (as a programmer yourself probably), it'd be helpful if you give your own perspective on the difficulty level of the code. It'd be good knowledge for learners like myself.
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Satoshi's lesson is that you don't need to be the next Einstein in order to change the world. Nor do you need to have much money, or influence with the world's "movers & shakers". You just need to put in the effort This is a very vital part of the OP and it serves as a mammoth motivation both on and off the cryptocurrency sphere,so many individuals have let opportunities slip out of their fingers for many reasons,one being they see themselves as not being capable of going all out to make X or Y happen, that way some other individuals at a later period picks such opportunities up and makes a name with it,even though someone prior had such thoughts and ideas.We all can make this network a better place,by at least putting in a little effort It even reflects in users who hardly make worthy posts,they have limited themselves to mediocrity,and if they can add just a little effort,then they will be able to develop themselves and contribute to the community. This is a wonderful and enriching post,and it's encouraged me to strive to develop myself in here even more and probably be a better,richer and more knowledgeable cryptocurrency enthusiast come the end of the year
Awesome piece.
One of the most important reasons why Bitcoin can resonate with and get support from most people is that Satoshi sets an example for us. You don't need to have IQ like Einstein, and you don't need to have many money as Bill Gates, as an ordinary person, you can still succeed, only you need to pay time and effort.
Many people don't understand it now. They think that Satoshi's success has accidental factors, but ignores the efforts of Satoshi before Bitcoin was born. Satoshi has been studying this for a long time before Bitcoin was born, success is not only within one day. Today, Bitcoin has been born for 10 years, but it still has at least 90 years of life, so the future of Bitcoin is worth our attention.
It goes to show that you don't need to be a politician to change the world, for all we know (although unlikely) satoshi could be a teenager living in his parents basement. To challenge the entire global payment system you need to have real guts and the mind of a visionary.
Additionally greed is clearly not his motivation, hence 1 million bitcoins still sitting in his wallet!
Bitcoin is for everyone, I mean for the mankind! So, anybody who's living in the planet Earth has the same possession to use Bitcoins and he/she/it should have an environment to use Bitcoins with a free mind. As I believe, that's the dream of Satoshi.
The problem is, Bitcoin still don't have enough nobility and reputation for fulfilling its inventor's dream. Without nobility and reputation, it's difficult to spread Bitcoins into traditional communities (Due to own experiences). How to improve the nobility and reputation of Bitcoins? Theymos, you like people (influencers) can play a major role there. I know you're doing your best to the Bitcoin community by running this great forum. In the fact, the Bitcoin world owe to you, hats off! But, sometimes, your insouciance (or something similar) is badly effecting to the nobility and reputation of Bitcoins. I'm not ready to disclose them here right now since, yet, I don't know the exact purpose behind the invention of Bitcoins (My best belief is Satoshi invented Bitcoins for the progression of mankind). Anyway, there're some stories, agree, most of us don't believe those stories, but, none of us can 100% neglect them too. The point is, due to some stories behind invention of Bitcoins, WHAT I'M SEEING
Satoshi's tenacity is extraordinary. He spent hours of work without knowing whether he will get paid or not. In the present day (for me at least), I won't spend so many work hours without incentives. Maybe for Satoshi, coding is like gaming, or in other words, he loves to code. I want to believe that this (bitcoin) is a hobby project, but It might be a research project too. Maybe he was getting paid for this research... Nevertheless, he is an awesome dude.
Happy birthday bitcoin, happy birthday me.
The impact of his dedication towards making his vision into reality is multiplied by his foresight to remain anonymous. Usually when we do something, the motivation is success, fame or wealth. Even simply self realization. It is hard to fathom that one man could do all of this and then choose to pass into anonymity, far from all the adulation and material gains.
This is probably the reason that some people believe that Satoshi passed on with Hal. It was really insightful and motivating to read this post. I renew my commitment to continue learning and contribute to the cause of decentralization and freedom of ideas. Satoshi's code was good, but anyone who had read a good C++ book could've written similarly-good code. This here makes it look like it's an easy task and it belittles all that Satoshi did. This is easier said than done.I feel it just puts across the point that the level of knowledge needed to implement bitcoin's code wasn't Einstein-level exclusive. It was the dedication over those years of coding which was extraordinary. That is indeed the point of this post. For decentralization and Bitcoin to survive, more and more of us need to overcome our fear of not having enough knowledge and work towards our own individual contributions; with steadfast dedication. Of course you understand that the intention is not to belittle anything. Even then, if you feel this (as a programmer yourself probably), it'd be helpful if you give your own perspective on the difficulty level of the code. It'd be good knowledge for learners like myself. Satoshi's code was good, but anyone who had read a good C++ book could've written similarly-good code. This here makes it look like it's an easy task and it belittles all that Satoshi did. This is easier said than done. I want to continue to see and view him as the super brain that he is.
I have seen several people commenting on Satoshi's original code and most of them says it was sloppy. Yes, it might not have been the work of one of the best coders or developers out there, but the concept and the forward thinking to mash all of the different components together, was the brilliance behind this.
I also think his sloppy code was a rushed attempt to get the project out there and to fine tune it later, because his main goal was not to create the perfect code, but to put a working alternative payment option out there for people who wanted to break away from a centralized Banking system that was exploiting/destroying the global economy with their greed.  Thank you Satoshi for giving us an alternative option. 
Thanks Theymos for the fantastic right up. "We need not be the next Einstein before we can do the extraordinary, but just dedication" Paraphrased. Although many do aspire, but only few comes up with something tangible. I miss the early days of the bitcoin, same year I graduated from school waiting for my national service call up. Got to know about the bitcoin in 2016, without any assistance, learnt all I know now. I miss the moon too. Thanks Satoshi for this brilliant work.
This is an excellent depiction of the Satoshi vision and the lessons there in for everyone to learn from.
I am not that knowledgeable in coding, but Satoshi's unflagging determination and focus could be applied in other spheres of life with similar success. I missed the moon launch, but getting fully prepared for the stars.
Ok, great text, you touched on several points that most people do not usually comment on when they talk about Bitcoin or Satoshi. The dedication he had was out of the ordinary, it's common for people to get a bit addicted to a hobby. How much he used his imagination is also very interesting, I imagine someone in an office closed by several dawns, writing theories and imagining the most improbable possibilities.
But what really impresses me is the total lack of influence and "money" he had before Bitcoin. No one knew who he was or what he could do. He had no reputation. If you want to get a job, start a business, publish an article, people will ask who you are before of anything. And the importance they attach to you is connected to what you did in the past or to who is introducing you to them. It is a revolution that the only work of an avatar/profile with zero reputation has had that impact and marked the lives of so many people. Perhaps in a more decentralized future, we might be surprised by other revolutions appearing in the most improbable places and by people totally unknown before. Anonymity and the right to privacy is not a bad thing and should always be a universal right.
Fantastic Theymos.
I would agree bitcoin has come a very long way in 10 years I think the community and adoption we see today is something spectacular from the small beginnings and with the combination of many of the cryptography tools of the time matched with the ideas and technical papers behind some of the early digital cash projects it was only a matter of time before they were packages in such a way to create the system we see today. I have been around bitcoin since very early on I can recall early times playing about with the early clients and burning out a laptop in the process. It was amazing to see something launch and do so with very few issues though there were a few faults along the road like when 0.3.13 had some issues with 0/conf transactions ( https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.15110 Or when Block 74638 rolled around https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/strange-block-74638-822. All testament to the resilient nature of bitcoin and the people who strive to make bitcoin great! I often wonder when people say things like "Satoshi was figuring out how to add to Bitcoin things like smart contracts and payment channels." I sometimes wonder if there was another project similar to bitcoin that satoshi worked on after bitcoin. But I will keep my speculation for another time. Happy Birthday Bitcoin Jump to:
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