When people say things like "i like the idea of bitcoin" or "bitcoin is a good idea", its possible for people to be referring to different things, like "i like the idea of digital currency" or "using cryptography to protect financial transactions is a good idea"

So what does "the idea of bitcoin" mean to you? What is your understanding of what bitcoin is? There was enough complexity in bitcoin to write an entire paper about it, but I'm just asking what you would say to someone who wondered "what's so great about bitcoin?"

(also, to be clear, I feel like I understand bitcoin pretty well, so I'm not asking because I want an explanation of bitcoin, I'm asking because I'm curious about the ways that people are similar and ways they are different.)

say someone who knew one of the original satoshis appeared, and you could confirm their identity.

what would you ask them?

What would be the most important questions you would want answers to?