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The Quotable Satoshi

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The Quotable Satoshi is the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute's collection of short quotations from Satoshi's emails, posts and the white paper, each filed under topics such as mining, privacy and scalability.[1] In Satoshi Mail these categories are the Topics in the sidebar, and messages that contain a quote are marked.

A random quote from the collection:

  • “It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.”
  • “The project needs to grow gradually so the software can be strengthened along the way. I make this appeal to WikiLeaks not to try to use Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a small beta community in its infancy.”
  • “I'm happy if someone with artistic skill wants to contribute alternatives. The icon/logo was meant to be good as an icon at the 16x16 and 20x20 pixel sizes. I think it's the best program icon, but there's room for improvement at larger sizes for a graphic for use on websites. It'll be a lot simpler if authors could make their graphics public domain.”

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See also

References

  1. The Complete Satoshi, Satoshi Nakamoto Institute.

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