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It's theorised they have ~1m bitcoins, at 10k each that's a 10 billion net-worth. Presumably that's enough for people to want to hunt them down and coerce them

• acchow 9y ago
  There are plenty of billionaires in the world. Are they kidnapped with great frequency?
  • alexbeloi 9y ago
    Their billions are liquid and can be used to buy protection (secluded homes, private transportation), Satoshi's aren't (in so far as he hasn't liquidated them).
  • Tuxer 9y ago
    None of their wealth is solely controllable by a private key and 24 words.
  • lojack 9y ago
    Much easier to steal a private key than liquidate a billion dollars from many banks and other illiquid sources. Especially when most of those transactions can be reversed, or otherwise raise immediate red flags.
    • meowface 9y ago
      But if you have his private key you still need to convert the Bitcoins. This isn't easy to do anonymously, as can be seen with Alexander Vinnik's arrest. If someone actually robbed Satoshi and let him live, he'd probably alert the world and the wallet would be watched like a hawk. And even if he's dead or unaware of the theft, a lot of people will notice of Satoshi's Bitcoins start being transferred.
    • atomicnumber1 9y ago
      Yes. But, it'd difficult to liquidate and spend bitcoins too without scrutiny.
• freeloop3 9y ago
  Why not hunt down Jeff Bezos then? And coerece his relatives to buy bitcoin and give it to them?
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