Just curious why we don't hear from those early adopters or Satoshi himself much especially when there are major issues being debated that jeopardize bitcoin future. Are they all now rich and don't care any more? Are any of them still active on this website?
Just like the value of Bitcoin right now, it would be hard to speculate where are those people you are referring to. I would guess that many of them also opted out when Bitcoin made the initial surge in value. One thing for sure is that many of them really made a good amount of money just for being there at the right time in getting Bitcoin when it was just in introductory price.
Now, I am also sure that there are still many who are holding huge stocks of Bitcoin and they are not anymore that noisy...because they don't want the risk of being exposed. Maybe these people felt it that soon the government can be flexing its hard muscles showing that they've got the power and the will to use it.