I think that's one of the reasons Satoshi actually disappeared. If you've got a centralized team, no matter how decentralized your software is, governments will have a weak spot to put pressure on and they'll sooner or later have to cave in.
I think he decided to disappear after he found out that Gavin Andresen was invited by the CIA to discuss Bitcoin. Satoshi was in contact with Gavin and they discussed the protocol until Gavin told him he is meeting up with the CIA. That's when all the communication between the two stopped. Gavin mentioned that somewhere. The negative spotlight that was put on Bitcoin due to the Silk Road marketplace was also a factor.
That's very interesting insight, thanks! Definitely makes sense.
Everyone should be uninstalling Wasabi now. You'd be an idiot not to. In other news, 30% off all Samourai whirlpool fees for the next week using the code WASABI_REFUGEES.
I was going to complaint that Samourai Wallet only available for Android, then i found out Whirlpool is separate software and available on Desktop.
I always had the same issue with it (I prefer desktop software), but Whirlpool for the desktop requires you to install Java, which I'm not particularly fond of. They should maybe package it with the binary or something like that; for now I'll give it a pass.