I don&#x27;t know the mind of the Satoshi I wouldn&#x27;t care to. Bitcoin is an algorithm with empirical properties that are discovered, not created. It is what it is and we need to deal with that. (I would also be dubious of <i>anyone&#x27;s</i> beliefs regarding bitcoin in 2010. There&#x27;s a lot we didn&#x27;t know then.)