I just have a question, what did the US government do to find Satoshi Nakamoto? Did they contact people who were in touch with Satoshi? Did they contact to Theymos, Sirius or Cobra? Satoshi is a very mysterious for me. I have a feeling like government isn't interested in him, probably? But I am very surprised that governments didn't try to find him earlier because it's impossible to not see the threat of Bitcoin for governments in financial system but I am also surprised that Tor project exist. Their existence doesn't make sense for me in a world where governments want control.
Development of TOR was heavily funded by the United States Navy. TOR is used by government assets all around the world to ensure secure communication in areas where it may be dangerous to do so. The initial goal of the project was to develop a technology that could protect government communications and intelligence information from being intercepted or traced back by adversaries.
While Tor had its roots in military-funded research, its evolution into a widely-used privacy tool is the result of collaboration and contributions from the global community, emphasizing the broader applications of the technology beyond its original military context.
If the utilization of TOR were exclusively restricted to government assets, it would be plausible for adversaries to infer that a connection made through TOR originates from a foreign government. Hence, the imperative arose to disseminate this technology publicly, thereby rendering the associated network traffic indiscernible from that of an ordinary citizen.