Topic: Why does "Satoshi" remain anonymous? (Read 5136 times)

It wouldn't be safe for him due to the threat of robbery, hacks ,gov,banks etc.  It's better if satoshi stay anonymous

I wish he wasn't anonymous forever but on the other hand if such is his choice I respect it.

he is staying anonymous just to make a great number of people search for him.
just look at how many topics are on satoshi's real identity and how many people are discussing this matter.

For those asking why satoshi remained anon, probably for the same reason we all are. My username is relevant to why its sometimes good to remain hidden because you don't know who's watching or after you.

Because it's his/her choice. Assuming that s/he does exist.

I hope they never catch-up with him until the IRS or whatever tax authority he lives under, if any, starts accepting BTC.

Can you imagine a tax bill of 50m BTC, paid in fiat? That would kill Bitcoin if he had to cash out half of his coins.

Actually: cheap coins. lol. 

Ok lets say Satoshi comes out now and is known

People following him about like the Paparazzi asking questions..trying to get dirt from friends and neighbors...asking him pointed questions 'have you always been anti-government' stuff like that...his life would be hell...say he did work in crypto for say NSA could go to jail or some such perhaps on the bitcoin tech or his training that led him to that..his corp job if such would can his ass.......his family could and himself be in danger kidnap for bitcoin...snatch his kid ...whisper xfer 1 million in btc to my phone here in front of you...at the local deli....then kid is out of the car on the street whole thing took like 9 min...easy money

Gov't agencies looking at your past ...IRS for unreported income from past mining at 99c a BTC and your spending of such previously unknown address..you owe capital gains in USA according to 2013 virtual currency guidelines to tax payers.for the diff between what you mined it at 99c vs the say 249 you bought a T.V. for with it (or btc to usd xfer  to that cash)...required subpoenas from your state senate your state house the us senate the us house .....on either what kind of fiend you are ..did you make bitcoin as some of your posts state to destabilize the USA ..in some countries ...death penalty for such stuff perhaps.......and heaven help you if you ever even talked to a bitcoin 1st adopter in chat back in 2009 who even went on silk road 1x ......or actually at one time had a pleasant email with mark k.of mt.gox back in the day

people begging for btc for dying kids (if legit) as a scam if not..you'd need body guards....you'd be mobbed everywhere you went....some countries would assume you were a CIA plant...or other treason from this virtual currency invention

your life would be never your own ever again

look what happened to the guy in Time Magazine with him at one time (since debunked) being Satoshi..he worked for the gov't for a time they started an investigation almost right away on the Time article I think I read for any connections that way.....heaven help you if you got the idea from btc working for gov't or working for a corp even indirectly ..get a lot of lawyers.

so it would be very very bad in this me me me world....shows to me the guy is pretty 'sane' about keeping his identity secret and avoided this circus

and of course the 'john lennon' type assassin that would just want to kill the inventor of bitcoin for the fame of it

sheesh it would be awful imho

 

especially in the future when at some point there will be a global adoption. his wealth would make him a target. i hope he stays anonymous for ever.

It adds to the allure of bitcoin... the ever enigmatic Satoshi.
We need legends and myths for our renegade cyberspace currency.

because of the amount of bitcoin he (she or them) has, he is going to be harassed day and night if he reveals his real identity.

Because he doesn't want to end up like these two bums...

He just wants his privacy.

Would you post your full name and address right now?

Satoshi should be cryogenized, he must be there once all Bitcoins are mined and reveal itself.

Because you want to know who he is.

They forgot to politely ask him if he could do them a favor and hand out all passwords and private keys before they shot him in the head. After some time of bruteforcing they realized that killing was a bad idea when you want to steal 1 Mil of BTCs.
Give them time and they will adapt (hypnosis, social-engineering etc., keyloggers etc)

Because he's dead and his estate is tied up in probate until his next of kin's attorneys find his private key hidden in his sock drawer.

He doesn't have any reason to come out,

He's just sitting on the balcony, sipping in his coffee mug and reading all the media fuss about him.

Simple, ask yourself: What the hell would he gain from going public besides having to live a life like Asagne or Snowden? Not much.

I would seriously doubt that satoshi would attempt to dump all of his coins on the market when he does decide to sell in a way that would crash the price. Doing so would likely cause confidence to be lost in bitcoin