Code is law Don’t trust people, they can change the rules at will. So Satoshi Nakamoto can disappear. But the code will live forever. https://media.tenor.com/msoM3Ck0e6sAAAAC/freedom.gif
and the CPU is the executioner.
Yes. The CPU is a highly efficient execution engine that cannot change instructions. How wonderful.
And the State is either 1 or 0.