Satoshi quotes that reveal the most about his personality

Most of the time Satoshi just strictly talked about code, but I wanted to focus on the quotes that reveal more about who he was as a person, what his values are, what his opinions are, etc....

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So here's my list:

I wish you wouldn’t keep talking about me as a mysterious shadowy figure, the press just turns that into a pirate currency angle. Maybe instead make it about the open source project and give more credit to your dev contributors; it helps motivate them.

(Satoshi expressing frustration at Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen, and frustration at the press coverage that Bitcoin and himself have received)

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WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet’s nest, and the swarm is headed towards us. [...] I make this appeal to WikiLeaks not to try to use Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a small beta community in its infancy. You would not stand to get more than pocket change, and the heat you would bring would likely destroy us at this stage.

(Satoshi expressing fear, fear of the attention, and fear of the network getting crushed)

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If you don’t believe it or don’t get it, I don’t have the time to try to convince you, sorry.

(Satoshi can have a sassy attitude, craig, is that you? lol)

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A lot of people automatically dismiss e-currency as a lost cause because of all the companies that failed since the 1990’s. I hope it’s obvious it was only the centrally controlled nature of those systems that doomed them. I think this is the first time we’re trying a decentralized, non-trust-based system.

(Satoshi views on centralization and how he believes bitcoin differs from dotcom bubble era projects e-gold and e-cash.)

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Bitcoin would be convenient for people who don’t have a credit card or don’t want to use the cards they have, either don’t want the spouse to see it on the bill or don’t trust giving their number to “porn guys”, or afraid of recurring billing.

(Satoshi explaining that Bitcoin would be useful for private transactions we don't want public)

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When someone tries to buy all the world’s supply of a scarce asset, the more they buy the higher the price goes. At some point, it gets too expensive for them to buy any more. It’s great for the people who owned it beforehand because they get to sell it to the corner at crazy high prices. [...] Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

(Satoshi's opinion on Bitcoin price appreciation)

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The possibility to be anonymous or pseudonymous relies on you not revealing any identifying information about yourself in connection with the bitcoin addresses you use. If you post your bitcoin address on the web, then you’re associating that address and any transactions with it with the name you posted under. If you posted under a handle that you haven’t associated with your real identity, then you’re still pseudonymous.

(Satoshi's opinion on anonymity and KYC)

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I’m sure that in 20 years there will either be very large transaction volume or no volume.

(Satoshi thought bitcoin would either disappear or become a phenomenon. There was no in-between)

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Being open source means anyone can independently review the code. If it was closed source, nobody could verify the security. I think it’s essential for a program of this nature to be open source.

(Satoshi had strong beliefs about keeping code open source)

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[Bitcoin is] very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly.

(Satoshi hinting at his political views)

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I’m better with code than with words though.

(Satoshi describing his talents)

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Bitcoin generation should end up where it’s cheapest. Maybe that will be in cold climates where there’s electric heat, where it would be essentially free. [...] The heat from your computer is not wasted if you need to heat your home.

(Satoshi on energy consumption of PoW)

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For greater privacy, it’s best to use bitcoin addresses only once.

(Satoshi on privacy)

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I am not Dorian Nakamoto.

(Satoshi's last known communication in 2014, after Newsweek "exposed" Dorian Nakamoto to be the creator of Bitcoin)

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I’ve been working on bitcoin’s design since 2007.

(Satoshi revealing how long Bitcoin has been in development)

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Bitcoins have no dividend or potential future dividend, therefore not like a stock. More like a collectible or commodity.

(Satoshi's opinion on how regulators should classify Bitcoin)

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Writing a description for this thing for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to.

(Satoshi revealing his regional linguistic dialect with the phrase "bloody hard". Also revealing that he struggles at marketing Bitcoin to the average person.)