Well .. there is also another theory ..
That bitcoin was just an evolution of an earlier working 'bitcoin'.

And that makes sense. Are we looking to a very good programmer  or
a very good programmer with experience in digital currencies?

And Satoshi chickened because he knew very well from previous experience
the troubles that an unregulated digital currency would bring . Or that is
contradictory? Maybe he stayed as long as was needed to help bootstrap
the system because he knew that that was essential. Where that knowledge
came from? Only from a practical background i guess. And the Wikileaks
was just an excuse to back off unharmed.

So that other theory of mine is less hippie, less cypherpunk but maybe closer
to the truth. But i dont like it because if the bitcoin soul has not many hippie shards
that means that the golem can steal it and hold it in his hand without a serious burn...

Of course the 'cypherpunk driven' theory and the 'cyphermoney avoid jail this time driven' theory
maybe do overlap on some extent.

Alas the later theory brings disenchantment to many users and will break the current story that drives partly the system.
Because it  raises the question whether the bitcoin affair was just an iteration of previous attempts that the goverment and
the crime brought down.

if Satoshi was less idealized driven then cypherpunks not only lost to get there first but they are driven down the mud .
Also if that theory is right the choosen pseudoname was just smoke .