They hounded Snowden off to Russia, put Ross in prison for life for undercutting the CIAโs drug running, and are trying to martyr Assange for revealing US war crimes.
If the US Government knew who Satoshi was, WE would know who he is. Theyโd have smeared him up and down, put him in Gitmo and gone too far with the waterboarding one day.
You donโt threaten The Empire without consequences, and there is no greater threat to their hegemony than taking away their monopoly on monopoly money.