If you had the chance to meet Satoshi Nakamoto what would you ask?

[Kelvinid]

If I have the chance, I don't ask about Bitcoin but rather ask him "why does he keep himself anonymous?" Because I was curious about his life ad I think everyone also wanted to know more about his background. And it was very interesting to know why he is doing this after creating Bitcoin or has something in his mind creating another project/technolog that will hit the market again.

But the problem is if we can have the invitation from him...

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[Taskford]

I would ask him this:

What was that thing your mind was thinking when you struck with the idea of decentralized blockchain?

I'm interested in this because I wonder how one can get the idea of blockchain out of nothing. There must be an incidence or event of life that motivated you to build something smart like this. Smart people always get motivation from real-life events. We will probably never know but I’m sure a legend is going to be created for it, it is similar to the legend that Issac Newton understood gravity when an apple fell on his head, many say that anecdote is false and some others say it is true but it is irrelevant, the legend will keep on forever.

If I have a chance I will come to hame and ask for a peace bump sign then give him a token of gratitude for his creation which really help many people to change their life and other perspective in financial state of each individual who use it. But I guess this us just a dream since many people curious to know his story but didn't find any lead where to start about these things.

[PowerGlove]

I would ask him [1] why he didn't design Bitcoin first as a specification (like HTTP) and only second as a (reference) piece of software [2].

Having said that, I think if anyone ever got an opportunity to speak with him, the most appropriate thing to do would probably just be to thank him.

[1] I'm assuming Satoshi was/is an individual and male, for convenience.

[2] Please don't try to answer this one for me, I'm aware of his old posts and other people's takes on this.

[Darker45]

Both the idea of decentralization and blockchain aren't Satoshi's. The history of both concepts predates Bitcoin. In other words, Satoshi didn't discover them as in Netwon's apple story. Satoshi didn't create Bitcoin out of nothing.

Anyway, if I had the chance to meet Satoshi, I'd be more interested about his/her/their life more than anything else. So I'd probably just ask him/her/them to briefly share how he/she/they lived.

[cryptoaddictchie]

For me, instead of giving him some questions, I think it’s better to be thankful for him as he became a good samaritan for us as his invention made big changes in our lives. Satoshi should be given more appreciation in his own craft, and letting him know how lucky we are to have known bitcoin, leaves a good feeling on his part.

Ofcourse I had that in mind. Its just that, OP asked id weve given opportunity to ask, but what you has said is inevitable cause giving an appreciation the man who started a revolutionary technology must be given a big thanks. Also I would do a selfie with him and make that framed and who knows make it a jpeg nft and use it as my twitter profile or on any social sites.

[LogitechMouse]

How are you today and what is you daily routine?

Maybe that is the question that I will ask because holding a million Bitcoins while keeping anonymous is not an easy task to do. One wrong move and people might do some connections that will lead to Satoshi's true identity. I'm just worried about his safety that's all. Of course I'm grateful for what Satoshi created but in reality, we might not really know who Satoshi is and there might be a chance that Satoshi is dead as well.

Anyway, I might ask Satoshi's opinions regarding people claiming that they are Satoshi like Fake-toshi CSW etc.

[tjtonmoy]

Well he is the creator, so for that he knows every secret and every loophole. I may ask him to share some secrets regarding BTC which no one know except for him.
Been curious my whole life knowing other's secret. So, this is an obvious one for me.

[Iranus]

I will equally ask him what price he thinks Bitcoin is gonna reach?,  if he is going to sell his Bitcoin one day and at what price is he looking at selling.

When he created bitcoin, he just wanted bitcoin as a means of payment, a currency that is not controlled by any institution and the value of bitcoins today is truly a surprise even to their creators.
Given what bitcoin has been through, I would also like to know his thoughts and predictions about the child he has created. I think the bitcoin price will react very violently if his prediction is made public.

[nullama]

All the numbers of Bitcoin are pretty much arbitrary, like the 50 coins for initial block reward for example, and many other numbers, yet they all seem to work fantastically well in practice so far.

I would be interested to know how those numbers came to his mind. If they were just a reasonable guess, or if there was some more thought into it.

It's incredible that for a long time Satoshi himself was just here in the forum, ready to answer questions.

[traderethereum]

If that chance comes to me, I may ask him to send some bitcoin to my wallet.
I will not ask anything since I am unsure if he will answer my question.
I will let him with his secret because that is his privacy and even if he answers, the answer will not have details, which can trigger another question.
Asking him to send me some bitcoin is enough for me so that is my main question