From where I stand, I dont see any way how it will affects and even if it will, it will just be mild and wont even create unnecessary tension that are likely to surround that and the reasons from my end is because bitcoin today has grown to a level where the people exposed to it in the earlier years cannot envisaged as at the time. Another is that even if he comes out, quite a number of respected personality in this crypto-world will still cast doubt on the authenticity of his claim and the time to do this will reduce the impact it would have had in the first place.