Yes, it did.
Doesn't seem like Satoshi envisioned sidechains but rather envisioned natural - yet not complete - centralization
Well i suppose the BCash shitshow ain't over till the fat bearded lady sings.
To each their own :)
When are you singing?
Never. I'm not fat, bearded and i don't sing.
as the [Bitcoin] network grows[...][full-node operations] would be left more and more to server farms of specialized hardware
- Satoshi (RE: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper)
Link to source, please