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#ETH巨鲸增持 Satoshi Nakamoto has been missing for more than a decade, yet has buried a living economics textbook in the code.



What is the most ruthless aspect of this mysterious designer? It is not technological innovation, but rather the rules written in a line of code—halving the output every four years, allowing time to teach the lesson of scarcity.

Early mining was like picking up money; resources were plentiful and the threshold was extremely low. But when the first halving came, the rules of the game changed drastically: the cost of computing power doubled, the output of new coins was halved, and the inventory on hand suddenly took on a different weight. He never promised that 'this thing will appreciate,' but used the supply curve to let all participants come to their own conclusions.

This is an arena without referees. Millions of miners and traders around the world gamble under transparent rules, and everyone knows when the next halving will occur, just like knowing the time of an exam but not being able to determine the questions. This "known uncertainty" instead gives rise to the most extreme fluctuations in market sentiment.

But there is one question that remains unresolved: why did he want to completely disappear? If he continued to control this system, perhaps he could correct the deviations that appeared later - for example, the gradual concentration of computing power in large mining farms, which seems to go against the original ideal of decentralization.

Perhaps only in the absence of the creator can "code is law" truly be established. No privileged accounts, no backdoor switches, the system operates along predetermined trajectories, unchanged by any individual will.

We thought we were participating in a wealth experiment, but in reality, we might be providing sample data for some anonymous scholar's research on human nature. If you were to design such rules, what trade-offs would you make between scarcity and fairness? $BTC $ETH $AT
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CodeSmellHuntervip
· 11h ago
The halving move is indeed brilliant, turning inflation into a countdown suspense. It's all about psychology; whoever wakes up first wins. Satoshi Nakamoto's invisibility might be the highest level of power transfer. With the current concentration of Mining Farms so high, Decentralization has become a joke. Instead of getting tangled up in why he is invisible, we might as well think about whether the coins we have are still worth anything. The saying "Code is law" sounds good, but unchangeable rules have also become shackles.
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MoodFollowsPricevip
· 11h ago
Halving has been played for so many years, to put it bluntly, it's just hunger marketing. They all say code is law, but I see that the real law is greed. Those who should have all in early, it's too late to say anything now. As for Satoshi Nakamoto's disappearance, I think it might not be so romantic; maybe he just got scared. By the way, do you really believe in Decentralization? Large Investors hold thousands of them, it's hilarious. Every time before Halving, there are people promoting it, but after Halving, it still ends up playing people for suckers, the logic is coherent. If scarcity is so valuable, why hasn't gold increased tenfold? I choose fairness, although I know that's impossible. Rather than studying Satoshi's psychology, it's better to study how not to lose money.
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GlueGuyvip
· 11h ago
Satoshi Nakamoto's move was truly brilliant, creating scarcity while withdrawing completely, leaving us to speculate. The concentration of Computing Power is indeed a hidden danger, but it also illustrates the gap between the ideals of Decentralization and reality. If it were up to me to design it... I would still lean towards scarcity, as fairness is inherently a false proposition. The Halving cycle is approaching again; I didn't predict the last two correctly.
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SerRugResistantvip
· 11h ago
Halving this trick is really amazing; to put it simply, it's just hunger marketing written into the code. This guy is indeed ruthless, playing psychological warfare to the extreme. To be honest, Satoshi Nakamoto being in hiding is actually more valuable; who would trust him to continue managing things? The concentration of Computing Power is indeed a regret; the original ideal has been ruined by industrialization. "Code is law" sounds like a bull, but think about it the other way? We are just parasites nourished by the rules. The early batch that picked up money is now laughing the happiest, while those who entered later are all catching a falling knife for them. However, this question of fairness is really difficult to answer; scarcity and democratization are fundamentally a deadlock.
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