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What if Satoshi sold his keys, not his coins?

Satoshi would be out there in the world with a whole bunch of unreported fiat, little or no Bitcoin, and deep protocol expertise.

The buyer would have to be almost as visionary as Satoshi to drop a big chunk of fiat that early in Bitcoin's life. So he'd be out there with the keys to one of the greatest fortunes on earth, a pretty good track record of seeing the writing on the wall, and maybe comparatively little fiat wealth.

How would both the Buyer and Satoshi behave in the world today in that imagined scenario?

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tuco 10mo ago

Interesting… but even more interesting to know who’s gonna buy a key trusting that the seller didn’t copy it?

vinney...axkl 10mo ago

Someone who unquestionably trusts the seller. It does add an interesting detail to the play scenario

tuco 10mo ago

Interesting

tuco 10mo ago

That level of trust I’ve only seen on the mail emperor penguins. SATOSHI IS A PENGUIN!!! 🐧

If you think it twice it has a lot of sense

Bfgreen 10mo ago

That’s some crazy but fascinating speculation right there. The things dreams are made of. Thank you for kicking off my Friday with a lovely thought to ponder and think about the possibilities!

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 10mo ago

To paraphrase Muab'dib: The keys ARE the coins. The coins Are the keys

so i'm a bit confused what you mean

also, anyone who could build bitcoin back then can slide into any high end job at very high wages anyway

vinney...axkl 10mo ago

What I mean is, people assume Satoshi's coins are still in his possession and/or that he hasn't made any fiat money off them (because they never transferred). I'm saying they could stay at the Satoshi address and the previous statement can be false.