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If you were to attempt to transfer money out if those wallets it would have a knock on effect on the price.

• ab5tract 7mo ago
  Which is why fining the owners of the wallets should be a huge deal: they can crash bitcoin whenever is most convenient for them. It always baffles me that people have near religious faith in a Holy Satoshi that walks away from billions of dollars “for the sake of the game”. If he’s really so unconcerned with money or fame, it would be far more interesting for him to build it up precisely to blow it down. That’s some cosmic coyote kind of behavior and that I will always get behind.
  • eru 7mo ago
    > they can crash bitcoin whenever is most convenient for them. I'm not so sure about this. Bitcoin thrives on vibes. The second coming of Satoshi (as evidence by control over his wallets), would surely drive a lot of Bitcoin hype.
  • account42 7mo ago
    Why do you assume the original creator(s) still have the keys to those wallets? Wouldn't it be extremely unlikely that they didn't make use of them by now if that was the case? This is well beyond sell your soul money for most people.