My pet theory is that Satoshi is US Naval Intelligence.
They created TOR to send data psuedonymously on the web (like, to secret agents). The issue was if they're the only ones on the network it's not so anonymous, so they released it to the public.
Apply that same logic to sending money psuedonymously.
I find it very hard to buy that theory since bitcoin is against the interests of the state
I don't believe in State unity. People within the State do all sorts of things contrary to the public intereset, the State interest, even their agency interest, because it is in the interest of a narrower group (eg person vs agency, agency vs State)
