he no longer/well never has properly used the real satoshis known addresses (the block extranonce sequence analysis list that shows a sequence satoshi mined)
he instead grabbed lots of random addresses with significant values of early adopters
when CSW published his list, those early adopters signed transactions and messages to say that those funds were not CSW's
thus proving CSW does not have a huge stash he can control
he has never paid any of his loyal puppet pals any value from his supposed wealth.
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what has occured is that his loyal subjects have paid HIM.. and they are now soo neck deep in debt/crap. that they are now living under a new promise. that if they promote CSW to fame (even via lies) he will pay them back with the riches he earns via the fame (convention speaker money, booked deals, movies deals, court lawsuit wins)
so yes CSW can find a few "people" that will say he is an inventor.. even if they never knew him before 2014
all because they are financially incentivised to say he is an inventor
oh. the funny thing is. CSW is not a coder. he cant really read code. its why he pays devs at nchain to do things for him, and even they mostly just copy and paste things from other coins and then do minimalist tweaks to fit CSW's need of the day
take calvyn ayres
he believes CSW story because of "proof of mom"
yep calvyn invested millions into CSW and is now in debt and toeing the CSW line to hope for ROI because he believed CSW's mother
https://twitter.com/CalvinAyre/status/1464801434826772489
the other (out of 3) is CSW wife.