The strongest evidence Satoshi Nakamoto was first and foremost a world-class economist is the simple fact that he coded for function over stunning wizardry. He sought and created the perfect peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
Some coders have the true ethos of Bitcoin ingrained in their souls. For these technical masters who honor Bitcoin as a monetary network, I have the utmost respect. I want to do all I can to support them.
But many coders are the greatest threat to Bitcoin. Coders want to code. They want to prove their genius with new fluffy ideas and fantastical use cases. They can't just leave Bitcoin as the perfect money protocol and help harden it against quantum threats, etc.
Coders cannot be content building their blockchain-based non-monetary use cases on Solana or ETH. Why? Because Bitcoin is the best, and they want to be associated with the best. They have the uncontrollable urge to tinker with perfect money. They neither understand the true need for Bitcoin as a purely monetary network nor the long-term effects of their actions.
Of course, there is also the obvious possibility that some coders want to create or amplify Bitcoin's vulnerabilities for some deranged purposes that are too numerous to speculate on in this post.
"May some grand individuals, combined with divine intervention, be empowered to protect and preserve Bitcoin as a pure, perfect, and enduring monetary protocol." This is my prayer.
