There's not a single mindset of course. [This old thread](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39707.0;all) gives some insight of what bitcoiners thought in 2011. There's some sound money / deflationary reasoning, but the majority isn't.


I can't speak to the OG mindset, but censorship resistance is why I'm here.

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I do not regret spending 8 years of my life in crypto - Nic Carter

I think he's got the OG standpoint wrong. I don't recall many people from early days ever talking about gold standards, not even the e-gold people. That narrative came later. It has to me (and most people around me) mostly been about not being censored and not being tricked; NgU isn't a must-have.