'Satoshi' on his programming skills ( 2019-05 ):
I didnt think it was about a group of core developers sitting there going we are the best programmers in the world. I am not. That's why i hired other people. My code is shit. I actually say that. I put case statements in my code. Everyone hates case statements. My documentation is as good as any first year bloody . I have no idea of real world coding.
'Satoshi' on his programming skills ( 2008-11-09 ):
I appreciate your questions. I actually did this kind of backwards. I had to write all the code before I could convince myself that I could solve every problem, then I wrote the paper. I think I will be able to release the code sooner than I could write a detailed spec. You're already right about most of your assumptions where you filled in the blanks.
Cypherpunk comment on 'Satoshi' programmer skills. (2016-05)
While he was the quintessential genius who had the original idea for Bitcoin and
wrote the lion's share of the code he couldnt have done it alone.
Satoshi Nakamoto was a team effort.