It's now 10 years since Bitcoin was created, yet many people are wondering who Satoshi Nakamoto might be. It's still today, where the creator of Bitcoin has hidden his/her identity well from the general public. All attempts in finding who created the world's most popular cryptocurrency have failed so far. But we all know that there's no such thing as 100% anonymity. A slight error in covering tracks, could expose your identity within the mainstream world.
Now, imagine if the real Satoshi's identity is found. If he/she is still alive, governments would be on his/her tail to put him/her in jail or even pay a hefty sum of taxes. Once this happens, Bitcoin might fail within the mainstream world. Of course, the community is what makes Bitcoin great. But I'm sure that the reveal of Satoshi's identity will have an influence (either positive or negative) over the cryptocurrency's price and reputation worldwide.
What are the odds of Bitcoin's survival once Satoshi is found? Will it continue to operate as is? Or will it fail in the long run?
I think we don't really know what's really going to happen if the real Satoshi Nakamoto was found and still alive. It could have bad and it might have good effects on the market.
But in my opinion, even if Satoshi Nakamoto was found and still alive I think it might not affect bitcoin so much since bitcoin is already starting to use in a lot of transactions and bitcoin technology is already starting to get implemented in a lot of countries globally. Honestly, it might have a good effect in the market since he was the creator of bitcoin a lot of users and investors could easily be influenced by him and also a lot of companies also will try to hire him.
I think the government cannot touch him since he doesn't do anything or any crime. Bitcoin is still going to operate I think the best example is it is just like the internet bitcoin was consist of a lot of things and it is also the decentralized system we cannot easily take it down like the internet it is going to be difficult to shut down the internet might be almost impossible.