No, it was about finance right from the start, says so right there in the title of the paper ("cash").
It got distracted by politics and greed. What I mean with greed is obvious, and I guess it was kinda inevitable.
Politics is a more interesting angle: many blockchain/bitcoin afficionados seem to be of the Libertarian persuasion who think the main point is to prevent government interference, especially inflation. And they seem to thik this was Satoshi's primary goal as well.
And here I'm a bit baffled: I can't find that in the original paper. Did Satoshi state any political goals in other communications? I gather that he was actively involved in the early Bitcoin community for some time.
No, it was about finance right from the start, says so right there in the title of the paper ("cash").
It got distracted by politics and greed. What I mean with greed is obvious, and I guess it was kinda inevitable.
Politics is a more interesting angle: many blockchain/bitcoin afficionados seem to be of the Libertarian persuasion who think the main point is to prevent government interference, especially inflation. And they seem to thik this was Satoshi's primary goal as well.
And here I'm a bit baffled: I can't find that in the original paper. Did Satoshi state any political goals in other communications? I gather that he was actively involved in the early Bitcoin community for some time.