For Bitcoin what would the consequences have been of getting it wrong at the beginning? Essentially no money would have been lost, no lives lost etc. Also it

For Bitcoin what would the consequences have been of getting it wrong at the beginning? Essentially no money would have been lost, no lives lost etc. Also it appears that the person who did create it had a good understanding of crypto and the recent literature (and may even have written it). It is possible to learn it but learn it first and ship it to the public later or if you must with great big experiment/insecure warnings all over it.