- Fireside chat with Satoshi -
- He stated he didn't participate but did actively read the forums and knew who I was.
- Regarding the recent accusations that he is a poker king-pin, he stated:
"I am not the easiest of people to work with. So, it is. As a result, I collect many people who do not like to be "gagged" publicly."- Regarding BU and scaling:
"BU is a good start, but it cannot scale. UTXOs are the issue, not bandwidth, remove the cap. I have to just say, it is a matter of time and the solution already exists. It is just that many will not like it."
"My goal is not digital gold. It is a system that can scale to 5 billion people using BTC on a daily basis."- Regarding the current politics in Bitcoin and his patents:
"Freedom is not something that is understood yet."
"No, my patents are all novel. They are not a patent of what exists, they are something more."- Regarding altcoins, specifically coming to iXcoin. (I know, I'm petty, but I had to try).
"Bitcoin. I remain a maximalist."- Plans to grow his [Bitcoin] dev team:
"Hiring Researchers. Devs.
Most are not in the space... too much in the way of political hubris. From the field, a few. Mainly in the coming months to act as reasoned voices. I will never be that. I can reason, but to contradict my online persona as it is perceived, I do not enjoy being known."- Regarding the recent Satoshi doubtable rumor that "Satoshi" was a 5 person team:
"The team was not 5 people. There are people to who I discussed problems. There are others with whom I discussed code. Some, such as Ray Dillinger never knew who I was and yet helped immensely. Some, such as Hal had ideas but never asked."- Regarding SideChains:
"I know how to solve sidechains. Right now, Bitcoin is not ready. The scale needs to occur on chain first."
"Sidechains take too much from the processing power of the main chain. In time, this is a lesser issue, but right now, the system is still too fragile. It is growing, but there is a way to go."- My guy feeling was that Satoshi created iXcoin so I asked him if that was the case:
"No, but it was taken from ideas that were banded around at the time."- I asked him to expand on who it was:
"That is not something I would do."
"I can guess. I know those who had the code."
"Sorry. This would be a violation of what I have discussed in private. I know what that feels like and it is not an option. I hope you understand."- I expressed my long standing opinion that iXcoin was IDEAL as a sidechain. His response:
"Yes."- About me being crazy:
"Well, you are one of the less crazy people in the space 
. So that is something to be treasured."[Bahahaahaaa <---- that's me laughing!!!]
- Regarding the perception people have, in general, about Satoshi:
"I am not a god, nor am I the savior. My goal is freedom. It is a brutal goal, one that will destroy much before the world truly gains, but it is one that creates a long term that is focused on growth and allows people to try and to fail with dignity."
"The world following Keynes has been a slide into paternalism and self abrogation. We have given up freedom for security in the belief that we can be secure without the control of our own destiny."
"It is soon time for the short term to become a step into the longer term vision and not as a goal in itself."~ Feel the Signal! ~
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