It's wonderful founding myth, but what worked for him doesn't necessarily work for everyone. He also had the advantage of being in charge of the project, things at his pace, but we wouldn't do that now.
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It comes with serious downside. Harder to get grants, can't promote your work at conferences and podcasts, nag other devs in person to review your work. And it reduces your chances of getting arrested by 0%.
There's gradations of anonymity, but they have a real cost. If you're super introverted and hate conferences, then sure, use a fake name and photo - that's low opportunity cost.
He's either dead, worked for a spy agency or avoided arrest by some other non-standard means. I don't believe it was just good opsec.
Sorry that watching a zealous judge throw a fellow developer in prison without the slightest hesitation or empathy makes me a bit impatient and cranky :-)
I keep hearing people say Bitcoin devs should be anonymous, as if that's actually a good idea. It doesn't work. We need better ideas.
It takes a single mistake. And in order to get anything done in open source you need to communicate a lot and with many people. So now you're leaving hints about your timezone(s), cultural background, language use. Or maybe you went to that one conference where you talked to five people, one of them describes you to the cops, mentions your accent or the hotel you probably stayed at. Then of course there's the usual DNS leaks, logging in with the pseudonym over the wrong connection. One single mistake.
* unsolicited -> unsophisticated
(albeit both)
Obligatory picture of ominous clouds, classical buildings and kinda cool Soviet monstrosity. #Prague 
Probably only mate.
Not to mention e-bikes.
Getting ready for #PizzaDay in #Prague... 
I'm not aware of a single pseudonymous open source developer that the government has tried, but failed, to arrest. Except Satoshi.
To be fair they've only arrested two so far, that I know of.
Seriously you could have been arrested at any conference. Pseudonyms help against unsolicited attackers, not against state actors.
They made an English summary of the verdict. The full Dutch version should be online shortly.
#TornadoCash is not a legitimate tool 
Tl&dr: judge declared war on financial privacy.
(The episode is in English, despite the Dutch title)
He's a bit of princess, but of course you should... https://youtu.be/s9Sq8h38JGg
Wired article about the Tornado Cash trial with some quotes by yours truly.
https://www.wired.com/story/tornado-cash-money-laundering-case-crypto-privacy/