Presumably, relatively few people have read the paper. I am embarrassed to say that I only started paying close attention to bitcoin 2 months ago. <sigh> And I still don't own any.
Jim Bell
From: Lodewijk andré de la porte <l@odewijk.nl> To: Jim Bell <jamesdbell8@yahoo.com> Cc: "cypherpunks@cpunks.org" <cypherpunks@cpunks.org>; "tedks@riseup.net" <tedks@riseup.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:36 AM Subject: Re: bitcoin as a global medium of exchange (was Re: Interesting take on Sanjuro's Assassination Market)
This difference is not defined by a law of nature, it is defined by algorithm and software. And I strongly doubt that many people (other than Satoshi) realized this in 2009.
I realized it shortly after reading the paper. Then checked the realization for a few days before switching the denomination of my savings. 2011