Since Bitcoin has become a dominant cryptocurrency online, would you say that Satoshi had foreseen Bitcoin becoming a major currency today? Any speculations as to what or who were his/her influences in creating Bitcoin?
A popular quote from Satoshi says that, (paraphrasing) "In 20 years from now (2009), Bitcoin will either have massive volume, or none."
It seems that Satoshi expected Bitcoin to be quite polarizing in that either it would be accepted by Humanity as a currency or rejected on the whole.