I often catch myself pondering how Bitcoin actually works, the tech behind it, its decentralization, and just how everything is so well synced. There’s something truly brilliant about it all that keeps blowing my mind.
I sometimes reflect on Bitcoin's creation and Satoshi.
How did such a groundbreaking idea come to be? Did he really grasp that something so powerful and impactful would come from it?
I can’t help but question if Satoshi was just one person or maybe a group of genius minds?
Or could it be that an even more extraordinary entity, like an Alien Brain, was behind this creation?
Do you ever think about the origins of BTC like I do?
My thoughts and feelings about Bitcoin and Satoshi
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No. I don't think Bitcoin is a cult
It's just money. I see no reason why I should.
Cypherpunk laid the ground works.
No. I really can't understand why you would think such
It's like you underestimate the power of the human brain.
With the time spent thinking about this much a simple scroll through the internet would have given you slot of information on how bitcoin came to be, this forum would have given you the information you wanted if you dug a little deeper in it, there is definitely no alien brain power behind it and yes Satoshi (, whether a person or a group) most likely expected bitcoin to do this good, that was part of the reason why it was created in the first place after all.
quantumbearHero Member
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#4Sep 23, 2017, 01:44 PM
We do not know if Satoshi is a single person or a group, but most people are suggesting that it is not a single person but we do not know.
This is very true but it is bad that many people are now using stable coins that can be freezed for some P2P. See Iran using stable coins to bypass sanctions when there is possibilities that it can be freezed.
Bitcoin need to be recognized to bypass sanctions but they just still like centralized currencies.
yield_ninjaFull Member
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#5Sep 23, 2017, 07:56 PM
If you want to wonder how the Bitcoin invention was made, you will end up keep wondering, so it's better you keep on enjoying what has been invented, the beauty of Bitcoin is in it's usage. Satoshi nakamoto has since hidden himself from the public, this is so that you should keep the legacy going by being a major partaker of the 8 Wonders of the World. so for me, wether Satoshi is a group of persons or an individual, it's not really a problem for me, this is because the people or person has already made it obvious that you should bother looking for him.
bridge_atlasFull Member
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#6Sep 24, 2017, 01:01 AM
He was just a man who saw a problem and tried to create an alternative that can bypass the problem brought about by the traditional financial systems
Nobody knows, but at least we get to enjoy the works. he also worked alongside other developers before he completely vanished, so kudos to them too for making the dream stay alive.
Nope
We all know the common challenges we face with our financial economy, this has been a serious challenge over the time and many couldn't afford to do anything over it until someone decided to take up the challenge and work to succeed by creating bitcoin for everyone to use as an alternative to fiat.
He knew about all this before, but never thought of it coming this fast or to this extent.
Either of them all, what you should be ever grateful of is still existence of an alternative currency with Bitcoin.
You can keep up with the guess but you cannot guess right.
Bitcoin did not come out of nowhere. There have been many similar ideas like bitcoin but Satoshi was the one to put the right ingredients together to successfully execute what bitcoin is today. He saw the world needed an alternative payment method that was void of third party intermediaries and designed bitcoin.
diamond365Full Member
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#9Sep 24, 2017, 12:37 PM
Before Bitcoin, there are a lot of works and Satoshi Nakamoto actually used what were available and learned many things from previous projects before Bitcoin. These projects failed but they gave Satoshi Nakamoto many lessons, to make the Bitcoin project better and successfully like now.
Bitcoin prehistory.
You can learn from Satoshi's lesson too.
51gma_forkFull Member
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#10Sep 25, 2017, 11:21 AM
His works are outstanding, the best of them is the white paper, Satoshi gave in a great deal of sweat composing the work in writing for people to learn the ways it works.
gigahodlerFull Member
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#11Sep 25, 2017, 11:33 AM
The alien brain has no hand in creating Bitcoin. He has thought of everything much faster than us and he may have created Bitcoin from the idea of how the financial management of the future could be. The biggest reason behind Satoshi Sir's creation of Bitcoin is to completely decentralize the financial system, so that no intermediary person can interfere in our financial management. I am giving you the profile link of Satoshi Sir if you are interested, you can read it. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3
I also thought it may be a group of people before but Bitcoin was actually in a pretty raw state when it first came out. We now only see the results of all the Development work that includes updates, fixes, better Wallets et cetera. It could be a Three Letter Agency publishing it raw to see if people get interested and try to polish it but I do not even know any more.
If you think so much about Bitcoin then there are so many more things you could also think about, such as the devices you are using to write on. Even these, they were not invented like they currently are. Bitcoin is the work of a group whether Satoshi was a single person or multiple.
degen_satoshiFull Member
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#13Sep 27, 2017, 09:30 PM
Why won't such ideas comes to mind? I don't want to believe that Satoshi was the only human that hates the totalmcomtro from the government, the difference is Satoshi is able to do something about it while many people can't.
Putting in the action after the thoughts is what makes him different from others, I have always think about a way to escape the control of the government and this centralised sick world.
I want you to know that seeking for answers was what brought Bitcoin to my search engine, the man go against centralisation by bringing in decentralisation and it works, there is no innovation that has ever beat this.
The following post will cover most of the answers you have asked:
No, he was not sure about the future of Bitcoin, because he said, either the volume in the next 20 years will be too high, or there will be no volume. So he was not expecting anything big, he just dedicated himself, he pursued his instinct instead of giving it up. And here we are, with a trillion in Bitcoin and more to come.
He was alone, according to what I have read in the Satoshi lesson post. I used to think about it but now I don't because I already found answers, nothing is mystery, you can find most of the answers here on bitcointalk.
Honestly one entity or group the creation of bitcoin is once in a lifetime technology that innovates the decentralized part of the cryptocurrency. Without its creation the defi or any thoughts are not align and in order.
Me myself already amaze with how bitcoin works. That even me wanted to meet Satoshi if ever given chance and to tell him how genius he was creating this. So inspired that if theres no bitcoin theres no web3 adoption up to now.
What's a Cypherpunk?
One of the Three Letter Agencies even invited Gavin Andresen visiting their headquarters and making a speech there.
Gavin will visit the CIA.
Self engineered. Onliner.. Dot connector.
I swear to the idea i was given an extra chance. "Eat the rich" is for real time pinks.
You think we could move the Kidd rock helicopter to the jail where SBF is at? I had six NATO helicopters visiting at once.. Cheers! Chinok.
See if you want shorts for summer time. I felt like i had to wave in a friendly way till all six passed over. One seat went missing in Iran?
I leave my alibi like it was your own fault. How you like electric chairs in the cars? As long as it's only heating. I know. You be wrapped in a rug on the highway trying to save some electricity.
I find a free Hammerthor wifebeater in the gutter. Needs a wash and it's good to go. Talking about dressing style. No tie. Reminds me of a rope. You save the last idiot coming walking in that door.
He came back to learn what hell was all about. Besides free bar. It's about control. The hills would be where you grab your tie and unloosen to get extra air.
Same goes for the ass that is hidden behind pants. You are gonna need me to tell you what is wrong with your shit at some point. As in related.
1 g must be 1 g. Not 0.97. See what happens if you step on a speeder. You should react to what comes first if you want fair game.
First of. You don't try to explain what just happened. The notch notch would know.
The Lord would be zipping whiskey with a straw if that was it. Being the last one to go. Defence treaty? How does that sound in your ears?
It's stock piled by now. Italians did not make any serious opposition. Past Gladio. Collectors. Pre, post and past? Work it.
I left it at core to find out what it did. Core is only that when it shines. Seems there is no words to explain it. "gimme all your money" sounds better.
Police arresting criminals to give them an alibi.
The idea and concept of Bitcoin didn't come out of nothing at all. There have been past projects on this matter by enthusiasts of decentralization and privacy since the 90's decade if I remember correctly. Of course such projects and another personalities of this niche inspired Satoshi Nakamoto on his concept of Bitcoin. There were also another developers in touch with Satoshi during the early development of Bitcoin, so they exchanged a lot of ideas and experiences.
We mostly talk only about Satoshi Nakamoto, but truth is that directly or indirectly many other people have participated of what we have today as the final product.
defi_whaleFull Member
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#19Sep 30, 2017, 09:26 AM
Developing something naturally would make it feel "alien"-like because nature is incredibly superior unlike evolution theory proponents would like to admit.
People who saw airplane for the first time in its early days in the old, likely won't be too perplexed or amazed by it nor thought it was created by something so advanced like the so called aliens due to much noise, smoke and other flaws. They are already used to far more superior "inventions" like birds that fly in the sky without noise and smoke, so would expect something better. It's possible they easily saw airplanes then as invention by fallible beings due to those flaws.
Had the inventors closely imitated nature and build noiseless airplane with vertical takeoff, metallic body, no smoke, and driven by human or autonomously, they would likely see it as extraordinary tech invented by very advanced beings.
Bitcoin is seen as something extraordinary even though many can't seem to explain exactly why, mainly because it follows the principles of nature especially in the decentralized aspect of it nodes working together in coordinated and harmonous manner, just like startlings, sparrows or birds like that would maneuver so fast in large group in the sky (murmuration) without crashing or hitting one another.
Satoshi is never a one person behind the creation of Bitcoin, it's a group of brilliant dudes who puts the idea into working and moving. Infact, every new episode of Bitcoin never took them unaware. What I mean, the potential reserve of Bitcoin by many institutions wasn't in the picture by Satoshi, the use for fighting inflation wasn't in the picture too.
The idea behind Bitcoin is not by one person, it's a group calling themselves Satoshi.
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