If Satoshi Actually Lost His Private Keys , then those 980k btc are lost forever or until someone breaks bitcoin encryption.
but i think satoshi is dead already, coz when btc price was rocket high, he could have moved those btc of his and live happy retirement life.,
but cant tell what his vision is.
If it was easy to break crypto encryption, I am sure that by now, the government US would have hired the best hand to do so, but unfortunately, it seems like it is some that I a little bit going to be difficult and if there is any chance of it being successful, it would really takes years of research.
If Satoshi has really lost his key, then it is good for the market because the worth of that coin right now is about $10 billion, and you can imagine if such amount is being dumped at once, that would crash the whole system of bitcoin down completely, so better it is missing the way its missing now. There is this guy that is also claiming that it is possible to have it burnt and I am still kind of wondering how this self-acclaimed guru intend achieving that.