Exactly 15 years ago today, Hal Finney tweeted that he was โ€œRunning bitcoinโ€.

This was the ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต time that #Bitcoin would be mentioned on Twitter, shortly after Hal started running the Bitcoin protocol on his computer. He was the first person to do so, other than Satoshi Nakamoto.

And no, itโ€™s ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ unlikely that Hal Finney was Satoshi Nakamoto. Recently, evidence has come to light in the form of a timestamped email conversation between Satoshi and Mike Hearn, which show they were sent ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

This, along with Halโ€™s repeated denials of being Satoshi, his reputation for ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, and his coding style being *notably different* from Satoshiโ€™s, make it ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ.

Today, untold thousands are running Bitcoin on their personal computers, just like Hal. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, and improves the robustness of a money that enables individual empowerment for all who use it.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚, ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป. Had you not chosen to assist Satoshi Nakamoto when no one else would, we may not be where we are today.๐Ÿงก

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We still have to address #Satoshi's stated expectation that there would always be people willing to process some transactions for free..๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿฆ

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Satoshi Nakamoto's vision for processing Bitcoin transactions involved a transition to a network where not every user processes every transaction, and many transactions would be confirmed for free. He foresaw a reliance on lightweight clients (Simplified Payment Verification, or SPV clients) and fewer, larger nodes, even though that would centralize transaction processing into large server farms. While this concept aimed at efficient scalability, it overlooked the dangers of centralization, which Bitcoiners would discover later.

It's essential to recognize that Satoshi, despite his groundbreaking creation and enigmatic persona, was not infallible. Like any innovator, he had his limitations and made assumptions that might not have fully anticipated the future complexities and challenges of Bitcoin's network. His insights laid the foundation, but the Bitcoin community has since had to adapt and address issues like centralization risks. Deifying Satoshi overlooks the fact that he was a human who, like all of us, had his blind spots and was capable of errors in his predictions and designs.

#Satoshi was a genius, and #Bitcoin is his creation. It would be wise to follow his directions.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand the path you're on now eventually leads to disaster.

#Bitcoin thrives because it's original design is virtuous and pure. In addition to being brilliant.

We have to get back to that..๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ˜Š

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