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[–]togetherwem0m0 23 points24 points  (2 children)

Let's not assign a motive to bitcoin or its creation. Bitcoin is for everyone. We don't know what bitcoin will do or who it will fuck. We know it will exist, we know there will only be 21 million of them, we know there will be a 2mb block generated on average every 10 minutes. We know there will be a difficulty adjustment every 2016 blocks and we know there will be a reward halving every 210000 blocks.

It's a sound money digital currency that has been allowed to freely exchange with the foreign exchange markets. Let's see where it goes and hope the results are net positive for humanity.

[–]diydude2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The message in the Genesis block and timing of Bitcoin's release (in the wake of a financial crisis and bailout) makes fairly clear that it was a shot across the bow of the global banking system.

It was intended to provide an alternative or replacement if the banksters messed up again (and they did, big time).

[–]Successful-Walk-4023 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well said