[joeblau]

Go to the git repo on GitHub, check out the code, go to the first commit, and see how many times the word “Poker” is in the code base.

Bitcoin was simply designed to be an in game currency for a poker game, but the narrative has been co-opted by so many people that it’s become something else.

[karlosos]

I have located the first commit in the bitcoin/bitcoin repo on GitHub [1]. However, there is no single occurrence of "Poker".

In the original-bitcoin repo I've found CPokerLobbyDialogBase class [2]. So I can partially confirm your theory.

According to bitcoin.com in the early stages of the project there was an idea for implementing on-chain poker game [3].

> Bitcoin was simply designed to be an in game currency for a poker game

Could you back this theory with some evidence?

[1]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/4405b78d6059e536c3...

[2]: https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin/blob/92ee8d9a99...

[3]: https://news.bitcoin.com/satoshis-pre-release-bitcoin-code-c...

[joeblau]

Look at this batch of function handlers[1]. Why does it have functions named "Deal Hand" "Fold" "Call" "Leave Table" etc... ?

This thing was clearly a poker game that was co-opted by a ton of narrative changes into what it is now. I'm not saying that the co-opting and narrative changes are bad because I think the underlying function of trestles digital uniqueness is brilliant, but looking at the code tells a different story than what a lot of people would have you believe.

[1] - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/4405b78d6059e536c369...