Satoshi Nakamoto: A Satirical Poem by Futrmind

Here’s the story of the mysterious man
Born in a monastery somewhere in Japan

Profoundly sharp, one could call him prodigy
Obsessed with books, math and technology

But none of the elders took him serious
When he spoke of his passions, they thought him delirious

Rebellious by nature, he refused to listen
And outright rejected their Zazen tradition

He was not a buddhist, he was not a monk
He was destined to become a cypherpunk

Impatient, ambitious and eager go grow
He packed up and left for Tokyo

He found a job and started to climb
Mocking the noble truths he left behind

Promoted once, promoted twice
He needed more, so he rolled the dice

With boundless ambitions, he devised a scheme
And crossed the Pacific to pursue his dream

There was one place to go, the epicenter
Where he’d make his mark as a famous inventor

He studied and learned, not a moment to spare
Absorbed in the world of computer software

Out with friends, one night drinking
Came a fit of eccentric thinking

A brilliant idea, it was digital gold
He hit the throttle, he knew they’d hodl

Coding away, with a sense of urgency
Determined to build a cryptocurrency

A electronic payments system, peer-to-peer
That’d lead us to a decentralized frontier

bitcoin.org, he claimed the domain
And wrote the white paper that conceived blockchain

It was 2009 when he mined the Genesis
With a timestamp snubbing the centralized nemesis

He sent the first coins to his friend Hal Finney
A proof-of-work, though not worth half a penny

But he felt not a thing after the successful transaction
Not joy nor peace nor satisfaction

Suddenly it was clear, he’d been gravely mistaken
By chasing these desires, he’d never awaken

His calling was back in the mother land
At the very same monastery his life began

He un-plugged his computer and forever resigned
For spiritual pursuits and peace of mind

The eightfold path became his only concern
His crypto ambitions permanently adjourned

But he’d paved the way for an essential new dawn
That became a global financial phenomenon

A community formed, becoming a powerful force
With that code that he open-sourced

And while his experiment achieves unimaginable success
He pursues enlightenment and couldn’t care less

He meditates daily, sinking deeper and deeper
As Bitcoin’s value grows steeper and steeper

Who created Bitcoin and where did he go?
These are the questions that continue to grow

But if they ask, now you’ll know
The truth of Satoshi Nakamoto