> The goal was to create an object that would hold value outside the traditional financial sector, similar to things like gold. Agree with most of your comment

> The goal was to create an object that would hold value outside the traditional financial sector, similar to things like gold. Agree with most of your comment, just to say that this was not the goal as originally described by Nakamoto, but rather an ex-post justification for crypto when it blatantly failed in reaching the specific goals it set out to achieve.