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by richcollins 4572 days ago
Pretty sure Satoshi had political motivations:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block

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Perhaps, but that's kind of thin:

>This was probably intended as proof that the block was created on or after January 3rd, 2009, as well as a comment on the instability caused by fractional-reserve banking.