Quote from: danda on March 07, 2017, 03:13:42 AM

There is another Satoshi quote, already in this thread a while back, that demonstrates Satoshi made bitcoin resistant to change by design. That, combined with the facts that he snuck this 1M change into a release without telling anyone and that he left without providing any sort of warning about it or, upgrade advice, to me is counterevidence that he at least had a pretty good idea it would stick around, or should have.

edit: here is the satoshi quote. context is talking about the rationale for the script language.

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The nature of Bitcoin is such that once version 0.1 was released, the core design was set in stone for the rest of its lifetime.

That combined with the fact that people immediately jumped in and stated it was dangerous and could be hard to change in the future... well, it's hard to argue he was somehow clueless and unaware.
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This is historically and factually incorrect.
When Satoshi created v0.1 the "blocksize" had a 32MB Cap, as DESIGNED.
So, if you are going to argue that Satoshi designed it as intended at version 0.1, then
you must admit that he intended to "deadlock" or "capture" the consensus at 32 MBs,
theoretically speaking.

You don't understand the history or the timeline of events that took place. The 1MB Cap
was implemented in v0.3. Over 19 months after v0.1.

In addition, in the whitepaper, Satoshi stated, Para 12, last line:

Quote from: Bitcoin Whitepaper

"Any needed rules and incentives can be enforced with this consensus mechanism." Emphasis Mine.

Translation: Consensus mechanism that Satoshi outlined is the mechanism that by which
the node network will signal acceptance for a change to the protocol and after the change,
enforce it.
Elaboration: If Satoshi envisioned protocol changes (ex. NEEDED rules (future tense)) he
would not have stated "set in stone for the rest of its lifetime" in the manner in which you
are implying. You are reinterpreting his words to fit a false premise.

I would advise you to do more research prior to attempting to salvage OP's failed premise
that Satoshi and/or Hal, with foreknowledge created Bitcoin to transfigure into a device to
facilitate "Ideal Money". If it becomes so, it was purely by accident.