[mlinksva]

> It’s not a coincidence that the whitepaper was published after the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.

Is there any evidence for this? Perhaps a statement from Satoshi that they were motivated to publish by the crisis?

[rrecuero]

In the Genesis Block he explicitly references the post financial crisis bailouts.

[sk221]

Yep. He noted a headline in that day's paper

"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"

Source: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block (or you can verify on the blockchain as well)