Bitcoin is not the first digital currency and that people can have the knowledge about digital currency and then copied it created bitcoin that got its popularity up to present.
The guy that was mention OP as I read the article were not convincing in my part and the last part of the article might just be created or something to add or point that he is the one created bitcoin. If that guy had been prison in jail how would he create such design to make mining bitcoin faster? Besides, why would he ask the Judge where he can ask from his friends that can visit or call by him anytime? And why he would continue to do bitcoin when he can't enjoy it anymore. Why don't he accept it that he is satoshi so at least even in jail he could have his name be known through his creation?
In my own opinin bitcoin is created by a group of people and to protect the names of the members of the group they had to keep in silent that may even include the guy as part of those who created bitcoin.
- Well, Bitcoin can be a group of people and Satoshi may have been created as a pseudonym made up to take the attention away from real developers.
However, and who ever Satoshi is if he is a real single individual who had Bitcoin in mind, doesn't affect Bitcoin operating and continue running.
Nevertheless, I've also read articles from various people mentioning that Bitcoin is just a test-phase to see how blockchain technology will go, maybe NSA behind or God knows what.
Because after all, SHA was CIA's technology of cryptography and one should never forget that.
In conclusion, I do not believe Bitcoin is an NSA-CIA project which still has a chance to be one, but I do not believe that to be the case.
All I have to say is that:
Everything is possible! We live in a crooked world.
Now imagine one day a blockchain technology being adapted on a large scale of a Government such as US.. than people would love cash use case more due to having more privacy than a central blockchain
All speculation