If Satoshi is still alive (I believe it's a single guy), then it's incredible the amount of self-control he has to not reveal his identity after all these years. Not needing the wealth or the fame and ego-stroking that comes with being behind such a revolutionary technology is enviable.

Not many people are like that.

If he is still alive and just moved on to other things as he said, I can't applaud that kind of personality enough.

One factor is that it's known that he controls the wallet with many billions of dollars in it. That would make him a target for kidnapping/extortion/etc. He could have easily kept mining under a different address though and become very wealthy aside from the main wallet.

> Not needing the wealth or the fame and ego-stroking that comes with being behind such a revolutionary technology is enviable.

I can only assume you haven't met very many engineers!

If I were Satoshi I'd keep my head down. I wouldn't want my life f-d up by outing myself.

Think about the kind of world view you need to have to decide to dedicate the necessary time to develop a system for transacting outside of approved channels. Dude's probably worried about polonium finding its way into his tea or whatever.

Assuming he is even an individual.

What if he is already very wealthy and very famous … and knows there is no upside for Bitcoin if they disclose it.