The funny thing is, Szabo created the first type of Bitcoin network in 1998 with Bit Gold and nobody really saw his vision or took him seriously. They were seen as a bunch of geeks

having some Libertarian ideas and now when you think about this.... They were the pioneers and the people with the vision. If I had to choose a Bitcoin CEO, he would get my vote

any day. You can just feel the frustration in his voice... It must be hard on him to see this protocol being picked apart by the vultures.    {Banks}

The true value that Bitcoin brings to the table is not "everyone gets to write into the holy ledger", it is instead "everyone gets to benefit from sane and non-inflationary financial instutions whose sanity and honesty are ensured by the holy blockchain".  -davout