That's a proof-of-talent case, where investment is attracted for this reason alone. But it might help the investment case if there wasn't a 1mn bag of BTCs looming over. It would also help with some underground / anti-establishment guys if they were more comfortable that BTC is not an NSA-funded project or NWO-tool or a diversion from Gold/Silver investment (anti-fiat guys).

In a sense, despite the success of BTC, it could have been bigger.

Btw, I doubt Satoshi is really anonymous as far as the establishment goes. They are probably well aware of who he is.