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If you win the lottery, the smartest thing you can do is to not tell anyone. If you toiled relentlessly to hid your identity and have done an extremely good jo

by ratg13 4y ago

If you win the lottery, the smartest thing you can do is to not tell anyone. If you toiled relentlessly to hid your identity and have done an extremely good job of it, why would you throw all of it away and say "okay, you got me" so you can watch yourself and your family be relentlessly attacked for the rest of your life? so you can have your life threatened on a regular basis? so you can watch your greatest creation, something that was meant to be decentralized, come back to being something centralized under you? the only people that would think this is a good idea are people who are short-sighted or narcissists.

glitchc 4y ago
It’s not the confession of lottery that gives people away, but rather the use of funds. It’s one thing to not advertise and quite another to not touch your winnings at all. I’m sure there’s a clear dollar figure for most people beyond which provacy is worth selling. Here we are talking about billions of dollars. To be worth billions and not use a penny of it to make your life better, on the basis of protecting privacy, that’s a supreme exertion of willpower on a daily basis, and we’re talking over years. Bears repeating that it’s years since a transaction was made against those wallets. One has to be a saint to not succumb once over the years, and while certainly possible, it’s the least likely outcome. Rather the lack of movement suggests that either Nakamoto is dead or Nakamoto is an org, presumably an org that doesn’t care about billions (I won’t name names but there are only a handful of orgs that possess crypto expertise and would not care about billions).
- aflag 4y ago
  How much was taken from it? Maybe it was enough for him not to need to take any more? And how do you know Satoshi's wallet? Also, if it's an organisation, it doesn't mean that it's not Szabo.

by ratg13 4y ago

glitchc 4y ago

It’s not the confession of lottery that gives people away, but rather the use of funds. It’s one thing to not advertise and quite another to not touch your winnings at all. I’m sure there’s a clear dollar figure for most people beyond which provacy is worth selling. Here we are talking about billions of dollars. To be worth billions and not use a penny of it to make your life better, on the basis of protecting privacy, that’s a supreme exertion of willpower on a daily basis, and we’re talking over years. Bears repeating that it’s years since a transaction was made against those wallets. One has to be a saint to not succumb once over the years, and while certainly possible, it’s the least likely outcome. Rather the lack of movement suggests that either Nakamoto is dead or Nakamoto is an org, presumably an org that doesn’t care about billions (I won’t name names but there are only a handful of orgs that possess crypto expertise and would not care about billions).

aflag 4y ago
How much was taken from it? Maybe it was enough for him not to need to take any more? And how do you know Satoshi's wallet? Also, if it's an organisation, it doesn't mean that it's not Szabo.