Top 4 Satoshi Nakamoto quotes of all time

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Quote from: ohiofarmer on January 05, 2014, 07:23:16 PM

I just spent a couple hours reading through Satoshi's 1,000+ posts and plucked out my four favorites:

1. (I’ve been working on bitcoin’s design) since 2007. At some point I became convinced there was a way to do this without any trust required at all and couldn’t resist to keep thinking about it.

2. Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

3. Sorry to be a wet blanket. Writing a description for (bitcoin) for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.

4. I’m sure that in 20 years there will either be very large (bitcoin) transaction volume or no volume.

I've got a couple dozen more here: http://crypt.la/2014/01/06/satoshi-nakamoto-quotes/

I like this

Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

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Quote from: Dennis Venom on January 15, 2014, 02:52:36 AM

satoshi could have been a woman

There are no records of Nakamoto's identity or identities prior to the creation of Bitcoin. Satoshi is a male, Japanese name, whose meaning is variously given as "wise", "clear-thinking", "quick-witted"[8][9] or "intelligent history", i.e. a person with intelligent ancestors.[10] "Nakamoto"(中本) is a Japanese family name.

Possible? Yes. Likely? No.

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satoshi could have been a woman

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Quote from: docius on January 09, 2014, 01:14:19 AM

Quote from: solex on January 05, 2014, 08:55:54 PM

Quote from: ohiofarmer on January 05, 2014, 07:23:16 PM

I just spent a couple hours reading through Satoshi's 1,000+ posts and plucked out my four favorites:

   1. (I’ve been working on bitcoin’s design) since 2007. At some point I became convinced there was a way to do this without any trust required at all and couldn’t resist to keep thinking about it.

   2. Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

   3. Sorry to be a wet blanket. Writing a description for (bitcoin) for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.

   4. I’m sure that in 20 years there will either be very large (bitcoin) transaction volume or no volume.

I've got a couple dozen more here: http://crypt.la/2014/01/06/satoshi-nakamoto-quotes/

Satoshi is probably* a Brit**.
http://britishisms.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/bloody/

* Yes. Also a master at track covering, but across 1000+ posts, maybe not, especially when focused on software/crypto issues.
** Yes. Yes. Heard it before? Stop reading this then!

Or he could be bloody Australlian... seriously, Aussies have more a stranglehold over 'bloody' than Brits.

Bloody hell...

He ain't bloody British and he ain't bloody Australian Wink

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Quote from: solex on January 05, 2014, 08:55:54 PM

Quote from: ohiofarmer on January 05, 2014, 07:23:16 PM

I just spent a couple hours reading through Satoshi's 1,000+ posts and plucked out my four favorites:

   1. (I’ve been working on bitcoin’s design) since 2007. At some point I became convinced there was a way to do this without any trust required at all and couldn’t resist to keep thinking about it.

   2. Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

   3. Sorry to be a wet blanket. Writing a description for (bitcoin) for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.

   4. I’m sure that in 20 years there will either be very large (bitcoin) transaction volume or no volume.

I've got a couple dozen more here: http://crypt.la/2014/01/06/satoshi-nakamoto-quotes/

Satoshi is probably* a Brit**.
http://britishisms.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/bloody/

* Yes. Also a master at track covering, but across 1000+ posts, maybe not, especially when focused on software/crypto issues.
** Yes. Yes. Heard it before? Stop reading this then!

Or he could be bloody Australlian... seriously, Aussies have more a stranglehold over 'bloody' than Brits.

Bloody hell...

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Quote from: LiteCoinGuy on January 08, 2014, 09:43:21 AM

Quote from: ohiofarmer on January 05, 2014, 07:23:16 PM

I just spent a couple hours reading through Satoshi's 1,000+ posts and plucked out my four favorites:

   1. (I’ve been working on bitcoin’s design) since 2007. At some point I became convinced there was a way to do this without any trust required at all and couldn’t resist to keep thinking about it.

   2. Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

   3. Sorry to be a wet blanket. Writing a description for (bitcoin) for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.

   4. I’m sure that in 20 years there will either be very large (bitcoin) transaction volume or no volume.

I've got a couple dozen more here: http://crypt.la/2014/01/06/satoshi-nakamoto-quotes/

thank you for that. interesting.

it would be nice to read the mails from gavin to satoshi too...

Well Gavin's definitely still alive. Email and ask him to send them to ya

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In Satoshi I Trust

Quote from: ohiofarmer on January 05, 2014, 07:23:16 PM

I just spent a couple hours reading through Satoshi's 1,000+ posts and plucked out my four favorites:

   1. (I’ve been working on bitcoin’s design) since 2007. At some point I became convinced there was a way to do this without any trust required at all and couldn’t resist to keep thinking about it.

   2. Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

   3. Sorry to be a wet blanket. Writing a description for (bitcoin) for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.

   4. I’m sure that in 20 years there will either be very large (bitcoin) transaction volume or no volume.

I've got a couple dozen more here: http://crypt.la/2014/01/06/satoshi-nakamoto-quotes/

thank you for that. interesting.

it would be nice to read the mails from gavin to satoshi too...

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Quote from: NodeSeperator on January 08, 2014, 02:29:51 AM

Why is everybody thinking he is still alive ?

He is long gone; back in a random trunk of JP Morgan. Huh

Another epic fail by JP Morgan then - bitcoin is alive and kicking and bigger than Satoshi probably ever imagined

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Quote from: BCB on January 07, 2014, 03:59:37 PM

Thanks for this. I love this one:

Quote from: ohiofarmer on January 05, 2014, 07:23:16 PM

Sorry to be a wet blanket. Writing a description for (bitcoin) for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.

So true....

Reminds me very much of Feynman on explaining magnetism by analogy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMFPe-DwULM

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it's unlikely a single personne so no big deal If one of the 3 was hit by a truk or a plane or whatever

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Why is everybody thinking he is still alive ?

He is long gone; back in a random trunk of JP Morgan. Huh

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#2 obv !!

It's my sign since i'm here

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Quote from: quone17 on January 08, 2014, 12:23:28 AM

Does anyone know who satoshi is? I know he had communicated with the head bitcoin foundation people. Did he give any indication as to why he's secretive about his identity ?

Never heard that question before? Wink

yawn ....

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Does anyone know who satoshi is? I know he had communicated with the head bitcoin foundation people. Did he give any indication as to why he's secretive about his identity ?

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Thanks for sharing Grin

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Quote from: Dr Bloggood on January 07, 2014, 03:12:04 PM

Quote from: xDan on January 07, 2014, 02:14:48 PM

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Quote from: descarte on January 07, 2014, 04:32:24 AM

Another reason why I believe its one person because his code is bad. that means he is an architect or strategist rather than a coder. I could code better than him. but his thought is revolutionary, probably the most revolutionary of the century.

That's interesting! I know nothing about coding, so tell me: Why is the system still so secure apparently, although he is bad at coding (wouldn't that mean many people are able to crack to code) - how can he get away with bad coding? And what makes code bad?

I've only looked at the original release briefly, but to me:

It looks rushed; a proof of concept and a prototype. So it's more untidy, messy, code than necessarily *bad* code. Imagine the rough scribblings of a genius mathematician. It may not look pretty but it can still be technically sound.

I would imagine if a group had made it there would have been much more effort in maintaining a clean code base so others can work on it easier. Though, it's still possible that multiple people worked on the design but only one single person did the coding.

I personally would never write "good" code for some far out experimental project either. I'd hack together something quick and messy just to test if it works, then clean it up later.

So then the question is why didn't he clean it up at some point at least?

What you are saying for me speaks more for one single person alone, because if he would have been working in a group, there would be not so much reason to rush.

Another issue is that the more people are involved, the more difficult it becomes to keep totally quiet, in the long run. Maybe some ex-girlfriend of Satoshi will tell the press some day..

How much time do you think he would have needed to clean it up and what would have been the advantages of cleaning up (besides it just looking better to the few people who know about coding)?

He let others clean it up afterwards

Or perhaps he's a maths and economics genius but not great at programming. It happens .....

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I found this interesting...

Quote from: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg09980.html

I actually did this kind of backwards. I had to
write all the code before I could convince myself that I could solve every
problem, then I wrote the paper. I think I will be able to release the code
sooner than I could write a detailed spec.

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Thanks for this. I love this one:

Quote from: ohiofarmer on January 05, 2014, 07:23:16 PM

Sorry to be a wet blanket. Writing a description for (bitcoin) for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.

So true....

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Quote from: Doublelucky on January 07, 2014, 03:30:34 PM

Quote from: luv2drnkbr on January 07, 2014, 01:13:17 PM

It has the potential for a positive feedback loop; as users increase, the value goes up" - Feb 11, 2009

http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/forum/topics/bitcoin-open-source (in comments)

Can somebody elaborate on what is meant by a positive feedback loop as it relates to Bitcoin?
Or does it literally just mean "as users increase, the value goes up"?

The more people that there are involved in some way with Bitcoin, the more valuable the system becomes, which gives greater incentive to encourage growth.

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another reason why its not a group is that no one in the group came forward to say anything after he disappeared. Secondly, he would have consistently use "We" instead of I. I think the use of "We" refers to his github contributors.

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