The problem I have with digital currencies? The "digital" part
The problem I have with bitcoin? The fact that, to this day, nobody has come forward to claim "paternity"... There isn't one major modern invention in that situation, even tetris has an author
And why is that? I mean it's too late, no need to off the guy the tech is everywhere, so there must be a reason, which is? You tell me
Nobody knows for sure what the motivation is outside of attempting to determine motive by reading Satoshi's old posts on the message boards.
What I've seen speculated, which makes sense to me, is that he/she/they didn't want a central authority that could be corrupted.
For instance, if Satoshi was well known and public - his/her/their opinion would carry a disproportionate amount of weight in decision making (expand block size - for instance). If he/she/they were coerced into taking a detrimental stance, that could influence the community into making detrimental changes.
I'm also of the opinion that Satoshi was Hal Finny, who is no longer with us, which would explain why none of the coins thought to be owned by "Satoshi" have ever moved.
I remember reading about the possibility that bitcoin, or more specifically the block-chain, was created by an AI. The rest of the hypothesis (which explained why an AI would do that) was also interesting. Not saying I believe or don't, but it was an interesting idea.
I'd be interested in reading that if you have a link.
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