Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on Today at 12:00:32 AM

Quote from: OneGoLuck on July 01, 2020, 10:59:14 PM

My guess is that he/she destroyed the private keys to those addresses

Although I agree that it is unlikely Satoshi will ever move his coins, and it becomes less likely as time goes on, I would disagree with the quoted statement. I think it is unlikely that Satoshi destroyed those private keys given his previous statements on such a matter:

Quote from: satoshi on October 03, 2010, 08:54:07 PM

Sigh... why delete a wallet instead of moving it aside and keeping the old copy just in case? You should never delete a wallet.

I'm not actually sure about that. Satoshi's thoughts on best practices don't really address what he planned to do with his bitcoins. This quote always makes me wonder:

Quote from: satoshi on June 21, 2010, 05:48:26 PM

Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

I wouldn't be surprised if those bitcoins are sitting in a bricked wallet. I always thought his intent was to donate that value to the Bitcoin community.