โGovernments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled network like Napster, but pure P2P networks like Gnutella and Tor seem to be holding their own.โ
โ Satoshi Nakamoto, 2008
โThe cost of mediation increases transaction costs, limiting the minimum practical transaction size and cutting off the possibility for small casual transactions.โ
โ Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin Whitepaper, 2008
โA purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.โ
โ Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin Whitepaper, 2008
โItโs very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly. Iโm better with code than with words though.โ
โ Satoshi Nakamoto, 2008
โBitcoin would be convenient for people who donโt have a credit card or donโt want to use the cards they have, either not wanting to leave their identity or they donโt have good credit.โ
โ Satoshi Nakamoto, 2010