Don't have one. Not really important who Satoshi is, just that he left.
What is your opinion on this? https://cointelegraph.com/news/who-is-satoshi-the-hal-finney-dorian-nakamoto-connection
Discussion
Why is it important to you that he left?
So that the network doesn't have a King that reigns over the decisions made on the network like Vitalik does with Ethereum
How do you think people would react if Satoshi was ever identified?
I'd imagine it would be a big news headline but he's been gone for so long that the network would just keep chugging along like nothing ever happened.
Tick tock, next block.
Do you think after he was identified and the excitement wore off he’d be able to just be seen as a dev among devs? Or would he have the weird quasi celebrity status and his statements about bitcoin could sway the market?
Why do you think he left..?
Tough to say. Some think he was worried the CIA would find him and either kill him or lock him up? Maybe he knew the network was in good hands at that point & could only thrive without a leader? Maybe he was interested in pursuing other interests?
Beg pardon my buttinsky. If I were Satoshi, I would GTFO and enjoy my anonymity. Anyone that noble needs no acclaim and detests the fawning accolades of fame. No amount of “reward” can buy one’s peace of mind back. I regard him/her/them as messianic. Could I be wrong? Sure, but it gives me hope. ₿ hold!
Absolutely, that could be another reason as well 🤙
He’s still here but anon
What exactly do you mean when you say messianic?
Not meaning to be sacrilegious. I offer that one who brought redemption for many who were perhaps lost, misled, or reviled, must be a sort of savior to lead them out of the wilderness so-to-speak.
Prophetic perhaps?
That seems like a lot to put on a man. Do you think you would feel that way if his identity wasn’t a mystery?
Perhaps too fantastical, I admit. But, it is pleasant to ascribe noble designations to the creator of my new religion.
Can you be certain he is a he, not them, or her?
I was defaulting to he for simplicity sake.
I admire one who can build a global whatsit that pull others out of poverty and degradation and then walk away in such an apparently unselfish, modest manner. I suppose he/she/them/it could have been killed. It is endlessly fascinating that such a one could exist, similar to Jesus and his miracles and sacrifice. We have no hard proof of either men/entities; only hard proof of their legacies.