Yes, you didn't say he was disappointed in bitcoin, but all you said in your article was to emphasize that bitcoin is deviating from his vision, so I think you're guessing he will be disappointed with what is happening  .

In short, this is just our speculation, we are not him so we cannot know what he is thinking. But I think his mission is accomplished, his job is to create bitcoin for the community and what bitcoin becomes is up to the community to decide.

Absolutely this wouldn't have been possible if things were too difficult to be operated even as some point they would feel discouraged along the line they may source for another alternative means, but still there is a reason for bitcoin not limited to its peer to peer nature. People finding it more valuable and useful than its initial purpose that is why its brings togetherness of everyone and, attention is being given more and more people are still diving into bitcoin to explore new things about bitcoin progress.

I don't think he will be sad about this, I believe that when he created bitcoin he also predicted this because bitcoin is creating a decentralized system that is completely opposite to a centralized system government. There are some theories that bitcoin was created out of political views, and I think that's true, bitcoin clearly goes against the concepts that governments are placing on our world. He predicted it and that's why he decided to stay anonymous forever to avoid unfortunate incidents happening to himself and bitcoin.

P2P is no longer preferred because many people are not honest or faithful to their words. That is why I agree that we would not be here if there were no exchanges. If you believe that exchanges, particularly CEX, are unsafe, I believe that using P2P is much riskier. When people hear about Bitcoin or cryptocurrency in my area, they usually assume you are wealthy.

So, if you ever use P2P, you never know who you're dealing with, and there have already been incidents where they've exploited their clients.

In this situation, Satoshi might not expect this to happen, but it all leads to the same direction.

Bitcoin's original vision was groundbreaking, a rebellion against the traditional financial systems. If I were Satoshi, I would look at the current situation with a mixed feeling of fascination and sadness. Fascination, because a concept I birthed has become globally recognized. Sad, because the original purpose seems to fade away

The manipulation by centralized exchanges? You're right. This is a glaring issue. Satoshi aimed for a decentralized, peer-to-peer economy, not for a few powerful entities to puppeteer the market dynamics. The initial aim was a pure P2P exchange; not this warped B2P version where exchanges wield more power than they should

The "store of value" vs"currency" is right on. The scaling issues made Bitcoin less practical as a daily currency, so the narrative got twisted. The masses, especially post-2020, dont necessarily grasp the depth of its founding philosophy

We seem to have gone in a different direction from Satoshi's dream, dont we?  Bitcoin was supposed to be for the people, by the people. Not a playground for the elite

Satoshi does not need to give an opinion? Did you read my thread man? He already wrote a whitepaper, with the title peer-to-peer currency not decentralised store of value. We know his vision about bitcoin since 14 years now. My question was how bitcoin changed since his creation and what would he think about it if he was alive. No one can judge why Satoshi created Bitcoin, he is the reason why we are here.

Well wherever Satoshi is right now, i think he will be happy for his innovation and ideas coming to reality and dream actualization even if not met yet,believing that one day he will achieve his purpose peer-to-peer decentralization, not holding and saving  Bitcoin. Moreover Bitcoin is spreading Gradially around the globe and becoming a legal tendency in some countries. Just as it will take sometime to grow in an investment,so also Bitcoin will gradually meet Satoshi's aims and objectives, those countries that  are not legaliasing it will do that because some are secretly using Bitcoin will definitely legalize it some day openly and base their economy on it

Thank you for your answer, a different way to look at the topic.

It's really true that it would definitely make a lot of people happy and excited about it, but I would rather very much see it not changed because it is not smart to get him involved right now. That would be sort of centralization if we start to trust one person, we need to let bitcoin be as decentralized as possible, and I do not mean just technologically, I mean literally just take your hands off it and let the market decide everything levels.

That would be a lot better and I think that's what I would rather see as well. I know not a lot of people would be glad to keep seeing it this way, some people want some action, watching be boring like right now is not that great for them but I feel like it could be decent.

Satoshi might not like what he’s seeing today since the original design for bitcoin as a digital peer to peer currency is still not happening but seeing bitcoin price still surging high and considered the most secured and profitable crypto investment is already a great achievement and Satoshi should take the credit for that. So I don’t think he will feel disappointed with what is happening. This is just the beginning and I’m pretty sure bitcoin as a currency will still be possible hopefully soon in the future.