663 sats \ 0 replies \ @dhruv OP 4 Apr \ parent \ on: I'm Dhruv Bansal, co-founder of Unchained, AMA! AMA
I would lean towards (2) -- I think a finite monetary supply was a top-line goal for Satoshi, and it just so happens that imposing this constraint led to great simplifications of what came before. Check out this talk where I expand on this claim.