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↩ replying to npub155aw...9j44
It looks like it. Good thing Satoshi isn't the sole runner of Bitcoin's protocol. I run Bitcoin, because I run a node. If you run one too, then you also run Bitcoin. And if Satoshi is out there somewhere, and running a node, then he runs it, too. But like all the rest of us, he must follow the consensus rules, or else fork off of the network. Satoshi also believed that Bitcoin would scale with a couple huge server-farm nodes running the protocol, mining, and keeping a copy of the whole timechain, while everyone else would just keep a copy of the most recent blocks. He didn't see thatakind if centralization as a problem, so he was wrong about that, too. Bitcoin isn't a Satoshi cult. Satoshi can be wrong, we can point it out, and it's not sacrilege. Satoshi was smart, and we owe him our gratitude for putting the pieces together that were created by Adam Back, Nick Szabo, and others, but he is not God.
↩ replying to Joda
Yes, Satoshi is wrong, but your calculation is also wrong. In the last 14 years, the speed of processors should have increased 128 times, which has only increased 10 times. Note that ASICs are used to find hash blocks and full nodes must be stored on a personal computer or servers, Satoshi's email was about full nodes.
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𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲-𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶!🤯 In case you haven’t heard, @npub1g53m...drvk recently dropped the correspondences he had with Satoshi Nakamoto between 2009 and 2011. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, so I will be able to reference them when responding to your questions. image These emails cover a 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 related to the early development and conceptualization of #Bitcoin. They discuss technical aspects, such as website development, server-side scripting for transactions, and the need for a UI tool for creating password-protected private keys. In the emails, Satoshi emphasizes the importance of running a Bitcoin node for network stability, and outlines future features like escrow for safer physical trades. To read the emails yourself, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄.👇 This exchange between Martti Malmi and Satoshi Nakamoto reflects 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 in refining Bitcoin's functionality and promoting its adoption, while highlighting challenges and solutions in creating the world’s first and 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 decentralized digital currency. image View quoted note →
Something that always made me think Satoshi was American was his use of the American English spelling of certain words. Your emails show an example like American spelling Organization instead of the British spelling Organisation. But the Genesis block British headline threw me off. Back in the day I just figured he was an American living in England. But I didn't really care. Back then, nor today, did I use my real name on any internet correspondence that wasn't work or finance related. I was compartmentalizing or practicing separation of concerns since I got on the internet in the early 90s and just thought everyone else did as well. My only regret was treating bitcoin as an IT curiosity early 2011 instead of taking it seriously.
↩ replying to npub12qz0...tz6s
He spells colour correctly though 😉. The default is always American English so the fact he has changed it at all would imply he is not American or it's more than one person. The first time he says organize is between two times he says colour and the second time says colour is a month later. Seems like it could be more than one person or hes switching computers set up for different types of English.
Thank you for sharing this thread, “Birth of Bitcoin” I call it. So so interesting. I didn’t know Ripple was around at that time. The text is so interesting to read; as if God and Jesus (beg pardon, no sacrilege or disrespect intended) are having a Sunday morning tea.