I have been reading and writing on bitcointalk recently. I try to write my understanding of Bitcoin in the past few years and share it with you here. My words is mainly based on my deep thinking about Bitcoin. My original thinking was fragmented and unsystematic. Now I record my thinking process in the form of words and output it. Only in this way is it possible to aggregate fragmented information into systematic knowledge. At the same time, in the process of communicating with everyone, let my thinking be further improved. This is the benefit of the collision of ideas, so that you can continue to grow.

Through the two days of posting and communication, I found that more and more people are understanding and approving Bitcoin. However, our understanding of Bitcoin may still be shallow. Many times we still cannot understand the essence of Bitcoin or the meaning it represents. We still can't fully feel the greatness of Bitcoin. In my opinion, Bitcoin is the quintessence of all the knowledge of mankind, and it represents a new civilization. The Bitcoin created by Satoshi is a complete creation from zero to one.

What I want to say is that the knowledge system covered by Satoshi's creation of Bitcoin is beyond the existing human civilization level. In other words, according to the existing knowledge system of human civilization, even if it "naturally evolves" for 100 years, humans will not be able to create Bitcoin. Because there is a gap between civilizations.

When you see my view, I believe many people will say: Your view is too exaggerated and too outrageous. Even if there is no Satoshi Nakamoto, there will be others who will create other digital currencies similar to Bitcoin. Bitcoin is not as great as you say. Is Bitcoin really not as great as I said? Is Bitcoin really easy to create?Here, please note that I used the word "create", not "copy". It is the creation from 0 to 1, not the copy from 1 to 1. There are essential differences.

Now, Satoshi has put the Bitcoin code in front of us, and we restored the bitcoin network according to the bitcoin whitepaper and code. At this time, we might say that Bitcoin is not as complicated as we imagined. I can completely copy another blockchain network according to Bitcoin. Yes, when you see the Bitcoin code, you can copy the code and copy a new blockchain, or make your own innovation based on this blockchain. This is how Ethereum came through in the process of exploration step by step.

But what if you have never seen the Bitcoin code ? What if you have never experienced the Bitcoin network? Let you create Bitcoin from 0 to 1. Can you create it? Or how many people in the entire human world have this ability to create?

First of all, you must understand cryptography and mathematics. Cryptography and mathematics are the most basic disciplines for building the entire Bitcoin network. You must be the world's top cryptography expert. Only in this way can the network constructed will not be cracked; second, You must understand computer science, you must understand the most basic coding language and database logic, only in this way can it be possible to transform some ideas into products; third, you must understand economics. Because the most basic problem of Bitcoin is to create a kind of "peer-to-peer coin", which belongs to the category of economics. You must use various principles of economics to design currency issuance and incentives;

fourth, you must understand sociology and politics. The most basic problem of Bitcoin is not only economic, but also sociological and political. Because it involves the governance of human society. There is an essential difference between the two points of centralized governance or decentralized governance. Fifth, you must understand the law. The establishment of Bitcoin is a comprehensive impact on the existing world legal system. Now various countries have formulated corresponding laws for Bitcoin. Either ban it or adapt to it. Sixth, you must understand physics, chemistry, biology and other natural sciences. Few people talk about this. But in my opinion, the creation of Bitcoin contains a lot of ideas about the first law of thermodynamics and the second law of thermodynamics. Regarding this point, I will share with you the thermodynamic principles contained in Bitcoin separately in a future article. Seventh, you must also understand philosophy. When all the above knowledge is brought together, it is not a problem that can be solved by one or two single subjects. It is the quintessence of multidisciplinary knowledge. It will involve the most philosophical issues such as the origin of the universe and the nature of civilization. Without a philosophical framework system, it is difficult to understand Bitcoin fundamentally.

When we learn more about Bitcoin, we will lament that we know too little about Bitcoin, and the more we can feel the greatness of Satoshi Nakamoto. This is my current state. Most of us might think that perhaps Bitcoin is not as great as we thought. Because when Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin, the technologies used were not new technologies, they were all technologies that already existed.

For example, databases are not new technologies, distributed storage is not new technologies, hash functions are not new technologies, and asymmetric encryption and consensus mechanisms are not new technologies. Nakamoto just combined them. Yes, but this seemingly simple combination contains great difficulty. Because it involves the quintessence of almost all subject knowledge of human beings, and combines the most essential parts together, and finally created Bitcoin. If a person does not possess the most advanced multidisciplinary knowledge of mankind, he cannot be created even if he is given 100 years. This is a creation from 0 to 1.

In my opinion, this is more like a high-level civilization putting mature technology into a low-level civilization. In a certain advanced civilization system, Bitcoin is a mature technology. In order to help the earth's civilization evolve, this civilization put Bitcoin technology to humans on earth in the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. This may be the true origin of Satoshi Nakamoto.

Of course, this is just a guess after deep thinking about Bitcoin's existing knowledge system. There is no right or wrong. Just put forward such a point of view for everyone to explore divergent thinking.

This is my in-depth thinking on Bitcoin. I hope it will help you, thank you.