As so often, well put by Greg Maxwell:
"The whole point of bitcoin is to exist outside of any centralized control. Satoshi was clearly passionate about this. So much in our lives is mediated through centralized authorities that people seem at times desperate to hand control to someone. The things in our lives that aren't centrally controlled, like -- say-- the English language just get taken for granted. How could Bitcoin achieve its purpose with some founder around? The technology was designed so that the identity of Satoshi is irrelevant, but a lot of people have a hard time understanding that."
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1fzi657/why_not_peter_todd/lrc6ok0/
Rusty Russell
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2024-10-11 22:00:47
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