Craig Wright, Calvin Ayre... what a bunch of scumbags.
I've never really been a rich person in my entire life, except, perhaps, in the last year, due to Bitcoin's recent price appreciation, which has given me a taste of how it feels to be "well off". Even then, I'm nowhere near the wealth that these guys have. What more do they want? Their future is completely secured, they can sustain their lavish lifestyles forever. Why do they keep fighting Bitcoin? Is it some sort of bad wiring in their brains, or is it a sickness of the rich?
In any case, I hope justice is served and they end up where they belong.
You're entirely correct, on the surface it makes no sense why they would continue doing this, as they could just disappear with their wealth and live on forever.
So why go through all the hassle and public ridicule? I don't believe it's all just ego-driven.
My theory is that they are secretly being paid under the table (by the Wall Street corrupt) to continue FUDing and being antagonistic toward Bitcoin.
The message is clear: Bitcoin needs constant negative press, negative FUD, and prominent "enemies", essentially forever. Because without these spectres constantly hanging over Bitcoin, the Average Joe public would be given the green light to rush in with both fists and ditch the USD entirely.
There are others being paid too. Ask yourself, why would someone like Nassim Taleb flip a complete 180 on Bitcoin? There is only one logical explanation.