Someone said Satoshi Nakamoto revealing himself as the owner of BTC will actually affect the value of it in a negative way, is that true or just a way of saying that curiosity is what makes BTC stand up till today? What do you think?
What makes BTC stand up till today1. Stability and commitment: the core working of bitcoin has been extremely consistent, and devs have been highly committed to making improvements while keeping the core of it stable.
2. No change in assurances: the original assurance of anonymity (addresses) along with transactional transparency remain unchanged
and the most essential thing for any
currency:
3. Account and transaction security: which hinges on the private keys et al of course; but this assurance is strong enough that, for example, I can be
sure that you are not able to access my account unless I reveal the private key or pull some some self-compromising stunt.
and the most essential thing for any
publicly available technology:
4. Publicly accessible source code that in and of itself - even while looking at the code - cannot be compromised despite revealing it's inner workings transparently.
There may be other factors but in my opinion these things are key.
Back in 2012-13 I thought it's all vapourware that will vanish in a few years; but time has proved points #1 and #2 which elevates my confidence. Points #3 and #4 are why I would personally continue to hodl it and invest in it.
In my view the presence of Satoshi (
which will probably get challenged by Copa or someone else anyways 😅) or the absence of Satoshi will not be a major factor in the continued success of bitcoin.