Quote from: Rikafip on November 04, 2024, 02:33:57 PM

Quote from: aoluain on November 04, 2024, 01:55:10 PM

Whatever about now but back in 2009/2010 Satoshi would have been arrested for sure
and "he" knew the implications of releasing Bitcoin into the wild.

I’m curious to hear why you think Satoshi would have been arrested back in 2009 or 2010 if he had made his identity public.

Keep in mind that in those early days, bitcoin was used by only a handful of cypherpunk enthusiasts, and its price was very close to zero. It wasn’t a threat to anyone.

He definitely got scared right after an article by PC World back in 2010 linking
Wikileaks to Bitcoin in a round about way. This was his second last post:

Quote from: satoshi on December 11, 2010, 11:39:16 PM

It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.

The PC World article > https://www.pcworld.com/article/499375/could_wikileaks_scandal_lead_to_new_virtual_currency.html

Satoshi definitely took a preemptive decision to disappear for fear of being
caught/arrested/identified by authorities.

While today Bitcoin is more accepted and treated as an asset but back in 2010/2011
it was seen as a "currency" and you just cant create a currency of your own.

Anyway thats how I see it.