Maybe he doesn't want or need the extra money?
Maybe he has enough to survive on for the rest of his life and is watching his creation unfold?
Maybe he does not care about being branded a genius or being famous?
Maybe he has destroyed the keys to his fortune so that the first blocks will never be spent?
Not everyone wants to live a spiritually vapid life filled with luxuries they don't need.
An idea or a legacy can be far more important to some people than getting rich.
Maybe he has set up a time delayed post that will identify himself to the world after he's dead.
Any thoughts?
Topic: Why does "Satoshi" remain anonymous? - page 5. (Read 5126 times)
Why does Satoshi remain anonymous?
Imagine having a stack of 50 BTC paper wallets lying around, combined worth millions of dollars.
Going public would put these funds in great risk.
I highly doubt Satoshi is a single person anyway. If he can't back his own technology to be able to store wealth safely, What chances do we have for a mass adoption?
Doesn't really matter how well your private keys is encrypted if you have a 45 pointed to your head.
Because he doesn't exist
It was a think tank legend created most likely by NSA
It was a think tank legend created most likely by NSA
Why does Satoshi remain anonymous?
Imagine having a stack of 50 BTC paper wallets lying around, combined worth millions of dollars.
Going public would put these funds in great risk.
I highly doubt Satoshi is a single person anyway. If he can't back his own technology to be able to store wealth safely, What chances do we have for a mass adoption?
Why does Satoshi remain anonymous?
Imagine having a stack of 50 BTC paper wallets lying around, combined worth millions of dollars.
Going public would put these funds in great risk.
He most likely wants to remain anonymous for 2 reasons: His security and so we can focus on the protocol and not him.
This is what states do to individuals who have upset the status quo but haven't done anything illegal:
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/
Those who deny these unethical and corrupt routine behaviors are delusional.
Satoshi and the rest of the Cypherpunk movement is what created bitcoin and they certainly are highly distrustful of governments, justifiably so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk
This is what states do to individuals who have upset the status quo but haven't done anything illegal:
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/
Those who deny these unethical and corrupt routine behaviors are delusional.
Satoshi and the rest of the Cypherpunk movement is what created bitcoin and they certainly are highly distrustful of governments, justifiably so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk
A world full of people got rich and went broke playing with his toy. I would steer clear, too. Imagine bitching out god because silver tanked 
For the troll value, seems to work great.
... because he's (she's - they are) smart.
Why does Satoshi remain anonymous?
Um, because he wants to? What's it matter?
Why does Satoshi remain anonymous?
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