Otherwise, I can choose to remain silent. I happen to know who Satoshi is, and Satoshi requested that I share this to gauge interest.
i find it kind of hard to believe that satoshi is behind this whole thing trying to see if people are interested in knowing who he is. that's laughable. personally i don't really care who he is. since he is the one that stepped away, we can say that he doesn't want his identity known and i don't really care who he is for that reason.