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You would think that Satoshi, who has been in hiding for so long, would have a fully planned reveal. He/she has had a long time to plan. As long as Satoshi is n

by rhema 10y ago

You would think that Satoshi, who has been in hiding for so long, would have a fully planned reveal. He/she has had a long time to plan. As long as Satoshi is not outed unintentionally, I would think he/she would have a long list of lawyers and accountants. Roughly 1 million btc could be 400 million in assets. That's a heck of a lot of capital to be dealing with reporters directly.

matt_wulfeck 10y ago
His interview with BBC suggests he was outed against his desires and before he had settled tax questions with the ATO.
- woliveirajr 10y ago
  Having access to more critical data / keys / and so on, if he really planned to go out, there would be better ways.
at-fates-hands 10y ago
So many possibilities really. . . - Satoshi died somewhere along the line and there will never be a reveal since he didn't pass the keys to someone else. - Satoshi enlisted Wright to take over for him if/when he would pass away. He did and now Wright is bungling the whole affair - Wright either knew Satoshi or was with him at the very beginning of BTC. This would explain his possession of very early block chain keys (#9 instead of #0. - Wright had been working with Satoshi since the beginning, and now Wright (who many have commented is crazy) had a falling out of some sorts and is rushing to take credit as BTC's creator. - Wright is simply a con man trying to flush Satoshi out by claiming he is BTC creator and then waiting for him to appear. Not sure what the end game would be in this scenario - Wright is crazy AND a con man and is trying to claim credit as BTC creator for several reasons, many of which are probably motivated by money. This could go several different ways, but for my money, it seems like Wright was probably around in the early days, and got in right away with a bunch of early keys to earlier block chains. From the outside it looks like his life as a fraud is starting to unravel and catch up with him. I feel like this is the last gasp to try and retain some respectability in the community. He already has a litany of legal problems his facing, and considering very few people believe he is Satoshi, this isn't going to end well for him.

by rhema 10y ago

matt_wulfeck 10y ago

His interview with BBC suggests he was outed against his desires and before he had settled tax questions with the ATO.

woliveirajr 10y ago
Having access to more critical data / keys / and so on, if he really planned to go out, there would be better ways.

at-fates-hands 10y ago

So many possibilities really. . . - Satoshi died somewhere along the line and there will never be a reveal since he didn't pass the keys to someone else. - Satoshi enlisted Wright to take over for him if/when he would pass away. He did and now Wright is bungling the whole affair - Wright either knew Satoshi or was with him at the very beginning of BTC. This would explain his possession of very early block chain keys (#9 instead of #0. - Wright had been working with Satoshi since the beginning, and now Wright (who many have commented is crazy) had a falling out of some sorts and is rushing to take credit as BTC's creator. - Wright is simply a con man trying to flush Satoshi out by claiming he is BTC creator and then waiting for him to appear. Not sure what the end game would be in this scenario - Wright is crazy AND a con man and is trying to claim credit as BTC creator for several reasons, many of which are probably motivated by money. This could go several different ways, but for my money, it seems like Wright was probably around in the early days, and got in right away with a bunch of early keys to earlier block chains. From the outside it looks like his life as a fraud is starting to unravel and catch up with him. I feel like this is the last gasp to try and retain some respectability in the community. He already has a litany of legal problems his facing, and considering very few people believe he is Satoshi, this isn't going to end well for him.