Empower the individual: Bitcoin is for anyone — not just the wealthy, the banked, or the privileged.
Resist financial censorship: Satoshi emphasized the need to build a system that can’t be shut down by political or corporate actors.
Don’t trust — verify: The rules are enforced by code. You can see how it works. You don’t have to trust anyone.
Enable peaceful change: Bitcoin is nonviolent — it doesn’t overthrow the system; it builds an alternative.
“It’s very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly… but I’m better with code than with words.”
— Satoshi, 2008