Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don...
by bringtheaction on Monday February 12, 2018 @11:05AM
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> Did Satoshi state any political goals in other communications?
The genesis block contains, among other data, a reference to the front page of the January 3rd 2009 edition of The Times;
The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks
Whether this was simply to prove that the genesis block was mined no sooner than January 3rd 2009, or if additionally that date and that news paper was chosen for the headline of that day one cannot know but a lot of people choose to interpret it as a comment on the instability caused by fractional-reserve banking.
The genesis block contains, among other data, a reference to the front page of the January 3rd 2009 edition of The Times;
The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks
Whether this was simply to prove that the genesis block was mined no sooner than January 3rd 2009, or if additionally that date and that news paper was chosen for the headline of that day one cannot know but a lot of people choose to interpret it as a comment on the instability caused by fractional-reserve banking.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block
Edit: Between the time that I opened this tab and when I got around to writing my comment someone else already said it. Oh well.