i frequently imagine him providing guidance and rooting others on. i’d bet he initially thought that ~15 years in would still be challenging times for bitcoin to gain consensus across the societal layers he was cognizant of. if so, I think he was right. we’re still slogging away trying to make this work.

“I'm sure that in 20 years there will either be very large transaction volume or no volume.”

- Satoshi Nakanoto