Satoshi wanted to stop criminal activity. Craig’s history …
Satoshi wanted to stop criminal activity.
Craig’s history work/jobs shows this.
I’ve got this fun conspiracy that Satoshi intentionally downplayed Bitcoin’s immutability and transparency in order to capture many criminals who jumped onto Bitcoin.
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I dont think so. He clarified early on how Bitcoin is pseudonymous
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8.msg34#msg34
“The possibility of being anonymous”
Doesn’t sound like today
“Bitcoin is not anonymous.”
In general I agree with you. The purpose of Bitcoin is to defeat fraud.
I am not sold on the concept that he intentionally made people think Bitcoin was anonymous though.
I don’t mean he sold a lie.
I mean he just downplayed how law abiding this network aimed to be.
Yes he downplayed a lot of other things also. For sure.