or both. as there is no big player in the bitcoin world that didn't turn out to be a criminal, it's more likely that he's still alive. what do you think was satoshi's crime he went to prison for?
What is the point in this baseless speculation? So let me get this straight: he's either dead, in prison, but then you say or still alive? And there are plenty of people involved in Bitcoin who aren't criminals. It's only a tiny minority that are but obviously they get the press hits. There's no crimes commuted by Satoshi just for creating Bitcoin unless he did something else or did some money laundering etc.