- "It has the potential for a positive feedback loop; as users increase, the value goes up, which could attract more users to take advantage of the increasing value." -Satoshi https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/p2pfoundation/3/ 29 comments btc
- Satoshi on this day 12 years ago: "The nature of Bitcoin is such that once version 0.1 was release, the core design was set in stone for the rest of its lifetime." https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/126/ 13 comments cryptocurrency
- 12 years ago, Satoshi charmingly changed someone's mind on Bitcoin energy use. “The marginal cost of mining tends to stay near the price. Not having Bitcoin would be the net waste.” https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/threads/167/#35 32 comments cryptocurrency
- On this day 13 years ago, Satoshi posted this message, “The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust.” https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/p2pfoundation/1/ 9 comments btc
- On this day 13 years ago, Satoshi posted this message, “The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust.” https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/p2pfoundation/1/ 98 comments cryptocurrency
- A visionary of our time. Hal Finney sent this email only days after Bitcoin was created. A coin had no value whatsoever, they were still worth $0.00 for a entire year after this. https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/16/ 33 comments cryptocurrency
- Today is the 13th anniversary of the Bitcoin whitepaper! https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/1/ 11 comments btc
- Satoshi Nakamoto on 31st October 2008:” I’ve been working on a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party.” - The beginning of Bitcoin https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/1/ 41 comments cryptocurrency
- About a decade ago you were able to claim 5 BTC from a website for free, that's now worth 240k USD https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/129/ 47 comments cryptocurrency
- Satoshi 2008: “I've been working on a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party.”.... ain’t talking about custodial Lightning Network Wallets 🤷♂️ https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/threads/1/ 24 comments btc
- Satoshis Opinion on reorg protection https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/6/#selection-111.0-111.638 103 comments btc
- [thread] That time that Bitcoin got 51% attacked and Satoshi used checkpoints to defend https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/threads/115/ 27 comments btc
- Satoshi discussing checkpoints back in 2010, check the full discussion to make your mind https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/threads/189/ 27 comments btc
- "The only way for everyone to stay on the same page is to believe that the longest chain is always the valid one, no matter what." - Satoshi Nakamoto https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/6/ 112 comments btc
- Satoshi's early emails are extremely insightful. If you've never read them, you should. You can read them all here. https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/ 71 comments btc
- "Long before the network gets anywhere near as large as that, it would be safe for users to use SPV...At first, most users would run network nodes, but as the network grows beyond a certain point, it would be left more and more to specialists with server farms of specialized hardware" https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/2/#selection-67.0-83.14 26 comments btc
- If you ask /r/cryptocurrency to allow the tip bots back, they ban another one (/u/sodogetip) when you tell the guys behind https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org that there website is primarily used by Bitcoin Cashers they remove the Satoshi quote section. Is Bitcoin Core run by Kim Jong Un? https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/quotes/ 103 comments btc
- What’s the Memo.cash answer to this Satoshi’s post? http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/535/ 33 comments btc
- Spam The Chain! should totally become part of our credo with a wink wink nudge nudge middle finger here middle finger there to those without faith or knowledge about/in Bitcoin. http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/17/ 3 comments btc
- Satoshi on the block reward running out in the year 2140: "When that runs out, the system can support transaction fees if needed." Core in 2017: "We're popping champagne to celebrate fees exceeding the block reward. Pay no attention to that fake imposter Bitcoin Cash." http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/16/ 43 comments btc
- If you were working on a documentary about bitcoin and it's attack by central bankers what would you include? http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/2/ 13 comments btc
- The whitepaper is not gospel. http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/6/#selection-7.0-11.23 19 comments btc
- There never was a "scaling problem." The only problem is "people that don't want Bitcoin to scale." http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/2/ 424 comments btc
- Satoshi Nakamoto: "...there are so many applications if you could effortlessly pay a few cents to a website as easily as dropping coins in a vending machine." --- Probably not that many when it costs a few DOLLARS per transaction. Go go BCH! http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/17/ 53 comments btc
- ‘We can't have subfactions of nodes that cling to one branch that they think was first, others that saw another branch first, and others that joined later and never saw what happened. The CPU power proof-of-work vote must have the final say." - Satoshi Nakamoto. So, the miners. http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/6/#selection-127.31-133.43 66 comments btc
- "At first, most users would run network nodes, but as the network grows beyond a certain point, it would be left more and more to specialists with server farms of specialized hardware. A server farm would only need to have one node on the network and the rest of the LAN connects with that one node." http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/2/ 98 comments btc
- For those new to Bitcoin. Full list of Satoshi's Posts can be found here. http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/ 11 comments btc
- Much more of the work was designing than coding ---Satoshi http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/127/ 5 comments btc
- "The current system where every user is a network node is not the intended configuration for large scale." -- Satoshi Nakamoto, 2010 http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/287/ 33 comments btc
- Satoshi Nakamoto:"At first, most users would run network nodes, but as the network grows beyond a certain point, it would be left more and more to specialists with server farms of specialized hardware." http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/cryptography/2/ 195 comments btc
- What will save Ethereum will not be a fork or even immutability, it will be to preserve rational debate. http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/ 29 comments ethereum
Linking pages
- Can Bitcoin Become Legal Tender in America? With Aaron Daniel — What Bitcoin Did https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/can-bitcoin-become-legal-tender-in-america 47 comments
- By The Claw, Satoshi Is Revealed - by Michel de Cryptadamus https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/by-the-claw-satoshi-is-revealed 46 comments
- Is Ethereum a Shit coin? — Steemit https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@michaelmatthews/is-ethereum-a-shit-coin 28 comments
- Elon Musk Probably Invented Bitcoin | by Sahil Gupta | HackerNoon.com | Medium https://medium.com/@sahil50/elon-musk-probably%20invented-bitcoin-9d6c7b7f9c3b 17 comments
- Best Bitcoin Books: Technical Bitcoin Resources, and Financial Books to Help You Understand Bitcoin Better http://btcgeek.com/learn/ 13 comments
- Examining a Conspiracy Theory about Satoshi’s Intent | by Elliot Olds | Medium https://medium.com/@elliotolds/examining-a-conspiracy-theory-about-satoshis-intent-ce9de66d166d 10 comments
- Op Ed: How Many Wrongs Make a Wright? - Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-how-many-wrongs-make-wright/ 3 comments