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**101 Questions for Satoshi Nakamoto**
#### **Bitcoin & Blockchain – Technical Questions**
#### **Bitcoin & Blockchain – Technical Questions**
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1. What was the hardest part of building Bitcoin’s codebase?
2. Why did you choose C++ as the language to implement Bitcoin?
3. How did you come up with the idea of the blockchain structure?
4. What led you to design the 10-minute block interval?
5. How did you select SHA-256 and double SHA hashing for Bitcoin?
6. What were the major design alternatives you considered?
7. How did you ensure Sybil resistance in Bitcoin?
8. Why did you choose UTXO over an account-based model?
9. Did you consider a different consensus mechanism besides Proof-of-Work?
10. What are the limitations of Bitcoin's scripting language?
11. Did you envision smart contracts on Bitcoin?
12. How would you improve the transaction throughput today?
13. What are your thoughts on zero-knowledge proofs and privacy enhancements?
14. How did you calculate the reward halving schedule?
15. What’s your opinion on block size increases?
16. Would you support Schnorr's signatures?
17. How would you implement confidential transactions on Bitcoin?
18. Did you predict the rise of ASICs?
19. Do you consider mining centralization a threat?
20. Did you foresee the Lightning Network or similar off-chain protocols?
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#### **Whitepaper & Genesis**
21. What inspired you to write the Bitcoin whitepaper?
22. How long did it take to draft the final version?
23. What was the significance of the headline in the Genesis Block?
24. Were you targeting banks or governments with Bitcoin?
25. Did you plan for a decentralized development process from the start?
26. Who did you first share the whitepaper with?
27. What feedback impacted your design the most?
28. Why did you publish on the cryptography mailing list?
29. What ideas were left out of the whitepaper intentionally?
30. Did you write the whitepaper before building any code?
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#### **Satoshi – Personal Motivations & Identity**
31. What does the name "Satoshi Nakamoto" mean to you?
32. Why did you choose to stay anonymous?
33. Was anonymity a shield for protection or part of the project ethos?
34. Are you a single individual or part of a group?
35. What’s your background in cryptography and computer science?
36. Did you work in finance before creating Bitcoin?
37. What values do you live by?
38. Are you watching Bitcoin evolve in secret?
39. Have you ever considered revealing your identity?
40. Do you think remaining anonymous helped Bitcoin succeed?
---
#### **Economics & Game Theory**
41. Why did you set Bitcoin’s max supply to 21 million?
42. Do you believe in deflationary currency models?
43. How would you explain the game theory behind Bitcoin’s incentives?
44. How did you think Bitcoin would compete with fiat currencies?
45. Is Bitcoin more of a currency or a store of value?
46. Should Bitcoin become legal tender?
47. Did you intend Bitcoin to replace central banks?
48. What do you think of fractional reserve banking?
49. Can Bitcoin coexist with existing financial systems?
50. Do you support hyperbitcoinization?
---
#### **Cypherpunk Philosophy**
51. Were you influenced by the Cypherpunk Manifesto?
52. Did you personally interact with Hal Finney before launching Bitcoin?
53. What do you think of David Chaum's work?
54. Did you draw inspiration from Wei Dai’s b-money?
55. How closely did you study Nick Szabo’s bit gold?
56. Do you believe all money should be outside government control?
57. How do you define digital sovereignty?
58. What does freedom mean in the digital age?
59. Is censorship-resistance more important than scalability?
60. Would you call Bitcoin a protest?
---
#### **Global Impact**
61. How did you expect governments to react to Bitcoin?
62. Did you imagine Bitcoin becoming global in just over a decade?
63. What is Bitcoin’s role in emerging economies?
64. Should countries adopt Bitcoin as reserve assets?
65. What is Bitcoin's role in human rights?
66. Do you think the internet is ready for decentralized money?
67. Should Bitcoin be regulated?
68. Is Bitcoin neutral, or does it carry a political message?
69. How do you feel about El Salvador’s move to adopt Bitcoin?
70. Could Bitcoin lead to global financial equality?
---
#### **Forks, Scaling & Governance**
71. What is your opinion on Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV?
72. Did you ever envision contentious hard forks?
73. Should Bitcoin development be democratic or meritocratic?
74. What are your thoughts on Bitcoin Core’s influence?
75. How should disagreements be resolved in decentralized communities?
76. Would you have supported SegWit?
77. Would you support soft forks or only hard forks?
78. Should Bitcoin ever change its supply schedule?
79. What’s your view on multi-sig and smart contracts?
80. How can Bitcoin governance remain trustless?
---
#### **Technical Evolution**
81. Should Bitcoin evolve, or stay conservative?
82. What’s your opinion on Taproot?
83. Should Bitcoin prioritize privacy or scalability first?
84. How would you handle the block size debate today?
85. Do you believe in modular upgrades or protocol ossification?
86. Is Lightning Network true to your vision?
87. What is your view on drivechains and sidechains?
88. Do you believe in a layered Bitcoin architecture?
89. How should the Bitcoin community handle bugs or exploits?
90. Can Bitcoin remain decentralized indefinitely?
---
#### **Privacy & Security**
91. Was anonymity a feature or limitation of Bitcoin?
92. Would you advocate for optional privacy enhancements?
93. How do you feel about governments surveilling Bitcoin users?
94. Should Bitcoin implement privacy by default?
95. What are the privacy weaknesses in Bitcoin today?
96. Is true anonymity achievable on a blockchain?
97. Should fungibility be a protocol-level feature?
98. Do you support privacy coins like Monero or Zcash?
99. What are the risks of total financial transparency?
100. Can Bitcoin protect individual freedom from surveillance?
---
#### **Final Thought**
101. If you could give one message to the world today about Bitcoin, what would it be?
1. What was the hardest part of building Bitcoin’s codebase?
2. Why did you choose C++ as the language to implement Bitcoin?
3. How did you come up with the idea of the blockchain structure?
4. What led you to design the 10-minute block interval?
5. How did you select SHA-256 and double SHA hashing for Bitcoin?
6. What were the major design alternatives you considered?
7. How did you ensure Sybil resistance in Bitcoin?
8. Why did you choose UTXO over an account-based model?
9. Did you consider a different consensus mechanism besides Proof-of-Work?
10. What are the limitations of Bitcoin's scripting language?
11. Did you envision smart contracts on Bitcoin?
12. How would you improve the transaction throughput today?
13. What are your thoughts on zero-knowledge proofs and privacy enhancements?
14. How did you calculate the reward halving schedule?
15. What’s your opinion on block size increases?
16. Would you support Schnorr's signatures?
17. How would you implement confidential transactions on Bitcoin?
18. Did you predict the rise of ASICs?
19. Do you consider mining centralization a threat?
20. Did you foresee the Lightning Network or similar off-chain protocols?
---
#### **Whitepaper & Genesis**
21. What inspired you to write the Bitcoin whitepaper?
22. How long did it take to draft the final version?
23. What was the significance of the headline in the Genesis Block?
24. Were you targeting banks or governments with Bitcoin?
25. Did you plan for a decentralized development process from the start?
26. Who did you first share the whitepaper with?
27. What feedback impacted your design the most?
28. Why did you publish on the cryptography mailing list?
29. What ideas were left out of the whitepaper intentionally?
30. Did you write the whitepaper before building any code?
---
#### **Satoshi – Personal Motivations & Identity**
31. What does the name "Satoshi Nakamoto" mean to you?
32. Why did you choose to stay anonymous?
33. Was anonymity a shield for protection or part of the project ethos?
34. Are you a single individual or part of a group?
35. What’s your background in cryptography and computer science?
36. Did you work in finance before creating Bitcoin?
37. What values do you live by?
38. Are you watching Bitcoin evolve in secret?
39. Have you ever considered revealing your identity?
40. Do you think remaining anonymous helped Bitcoin succeed?
---
#### **Economics & Game Theory**
41. Why did you set Bitcoin’s max supply to 21 million?
42. Do you believe in deflationary currency models?
43. How would you explain the game theory behind Bitcoin’s incentives?
44. How did you think Bitcoin would compete with fiat currencies?
45. Is Bitcoin more of a currency or a store of value?
46. Should Bitcoin become legal tender?
47. Did you intend Bitcoin to replace central banks?
48. What do you think of fractional reserve banking?
49. Can Bitcoin coexist with existing financial systems?
50. Do you support hyperbitcoinization?
---
#### **Cypherpunk Philosophy**
51. Were you influenced by the Cypherpunk Manifesto?
52. Did you personally interact with Hal Finney before launching Bitcoin?
53. What do you think of David Chaum's work?
54. Did you draw inspiration from Wei Dai’s b-money?
55. How closely did you study Nick Szabo’s bit gold?
56. Do you believe all money should be outside government control?
57. How do you define digital sovereignty?
58. What does freedom mean in the digital age?
59. Is censorship-resistance more important than scalability?
60. Would you call Bitcoin a protest?
---
#### **Global Impact**
61. How did you expect governments to react to Bitcoin?
62. Did you imagine Bitcoin becoming global in just over a decade?
63. What is Bitcoin’s role in emerging economies?
64. Should countries adopt Bitcoin as reserve assets?
65. What is Bitcoin's role in human rights?
66. Do you think the internet is ready for decentralized money?
67. Should Bitcoin be regulated?
68. Is Bitcoin neutral, or does it carry a political message?
69. How do you feel about El Salvador’s move to adopt Bitcoin?
70. Could Bitcoin lead to global financial equality?
---
#### **Forks, Scaling & Governance**
71. What is your opinion on Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV?
72. Did you ever envision contentious hard forks?
73. Should Bitcoin development be democratic or meritocratic?
74. What are your thoughts on Bitcoin Core’s influence?
75. How should disagreements be resolved in decentralized communities?
76. Would you have supported SegWit?
77. Would you support soft forks or only hard forks?
78. Should Bitcoin ever change its supply schedule?
79. What’s your view on multi-sig and smart contracts?
80. How can Bitcoin governance remain trustless?
---
#### **Technical Evolution**
81. Should Bitcoin evolve, or stay conservative?
82. What’s your opinion on Taproot?
83. Should Bitcoin prioritize privacy or scalability first?
84. How would you handle the block size debate today?
85. Do you believe in modular upgrades or protocol ossification?
86. Is Lightning Network true to your vision?
87. What is your view on drivechains and sidechains?
88. Do you believe in a layered Bitcoin architecture?
89. How should the Bitcoin community handle bugs or exploits?
90. Can Bitcoin remain decentralized indefinitely?
---
#### **Privacy & Security**
91. Was anonymity a feature or limitation of Bitcoin?
92. Would you advocate for optional privacy enhancements?
93. How do you feel about governments surveilling Bitcoin users?
94. Should Bitcoin implement privacy by default?
95. What are the privacy weaknesses in Bitcoin today?
96. Is true anonymity achievable on a blockchain?
97. Should fungibility be a protocol-level feature?
98. Do you support privacy coins like Monero or Zcash?
99. What are the risks of total financial transparency?
100. Can Bitcoin protect individual freedom from surveillance?
---
#### **Final Thought**
101. If you could give one message to the world today about Bitcoin, what would it be?
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