Re: Looking back at the White paper... Do you think Satoshi would be proud of us?
"What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party.": Satoshi's original Bitcoin whitepaper is 10 years old today!
Hardly anyone are making Bitcoin payments without going through some kind of centralized third party, like payment processors and exchanges or wallet providers.
Satoshi wanted us to use Bitcoin directly between two willing parties, without any intermediary services.
Do you think these services are crushing Satoshi's original dreams and goals for this technology or did we just evolve to satisfy the requirements of the governments that wants to control this technology.
Do we need to go back to the original vision for this technology or do we continue on this new path?
We wanted to see satoshi but he/she or them don't want to shop face(s). Hardly anyone are making Bitcoin payments without going through some kind of centralized third party, like payment processors and exchanges or wallet providers.
Satoshi wanted us to use Bitcoin directly between two willing parties, without any intermediary services.
Do you think these services are crushing Satoshi's original dreams and goals for this technology or did we just evolve to satisfy the requirements of the governments that wants to control this technology.
Do we need to go back to the original vision for this technology or do we continue on this new path?
It's another task what's written in whitepaper and another - what satoshi actually wanted and the reason why he invented this coin. I think he didn't consider this: What will happen when we mine all coins. Following is my opinion: He didn't invented bitcoin for masses, it had to be not so popular used to protect anonimity of it's users. This coin is designed to keep privacy but be the book at the same time of all transaction. He did amazing job and that's all, he did his best and everyone knows something that's abused will lose it's beauty.