Do you guys believe that Satoshi always planned to disappear or was/is this just a convenient coincidence?
Discussion
Frankly I don’t understand the need to disappear 🤔
The core principles of trustlessness and decentralization, which prioritize individual empowerment, inherently conflict with the idea of having a single public leader and founder
Probably would have left eventually but the timetable was pushed forward with Gavin talking to the CIA
Satoshi knew something was up, I think, when Gavin decided to speak with the CIA about this. It's kinda sad that Gavin went ahead and betrayed Satoshi.
It speaks to the importance of Satoshis anonymity as well. I don’t really blame Gavin bc it takes a special kind of balls to say no to the CIA
“The most notable indication came in April 2011, when Satoshi sent an email to developer Mike Hearn stating, "I've moved on to other things. It's in good hands with Gavin and everyone." This was one of the last direct communications from Satoshi and marked a clear signal of their intent to step away from active involvement.”
What does the Bible say?
We “killed” Satoshi by creating the very conditions that required his departure.
Satoshi vanishing is both a sacrifice and a test, forcing us to take ownership of the system that was given.
“But I tell you the truth: it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Helper will not come to you.” —John 16:7
Bitcoin does not need a ruler. It only needs those who are willing to run the node, spread the message, and protect the ledger. That is how the revolution continues.
He was smart enough to create bitcoin, so definitely smart enough to know that he had to disappear.
Next time, don't share an URL, but instead share the 'nevent1qqs23...etc' directly, preceded by 'nostr:'. So 'nostr:nevent...etc', like this:
nostr:nevent1qqs23xq97qzzkhp06aur3maelwpehaqykef3302qpd44x9s83p7m04g6elce3
Selecting 'copy note ID' instead of 'share' will do this automatically for you if you happen to use amethyst.
Planned
I think it was planned
I mean....he could have just died.
There are no coincidences.
anonimity in this day and age has to be questioned.
who has the real power to hide things?
could btc be a massive trojan horse? capture those fleeing the failing system?
always questions
GM 🙃
Logically centralisation couldn't work with him/them at the helm. But he still retained a say in case it was ever needed.
Where we stand today, whether that's by design or default or accident, is an entirely separate matter.
But I like to think that there are latent custodians with influence tinkering away behind his wallet.