[jaza]

I reckon Satoshi understood quite well what he created. But what he quite possibly didn't understand as well, is how human behaviour would play out with his creation. He clearly believed that at least 51% of the node-grunt-power would be controlled by people who have good intentions - or at least by people in who's interest it is - to maintain the rules of the system. That has held up so far, but there's no guarantee it will always hold up.