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Hypothetically speaking, what if he just randomly died one day, yet no one knew, and everyone thinks he's alive still?

He used to be the most active member on this forum, then he just stopped. Maybe he had a heart attack one morning, he could have slipped down a staircase and banged his head, some guy could have dropped a rock from an airplane and it crushed him underneath, who knows?

Maybe he was an 80 year old man that, as a last resort to life, made Bitcoin, then died due to old age?

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What if the OP is actually Nakamoto... speaking to us from the grave  :o   Having a good laugh I imagine  :D

There's a pretty convincing theory going around: Satoshi is a time-traveler who lived (lives? will live?) in a time where a Bitcoin-like system (possibly Bitcoin itself) is widespread. He "traveled" (is it actually "traveling" to "move" in time?) to a few years ago so he could own an exceptionally large number of bitcoins and sell a tiny amount in his current time. He alternately may have seen our time as being critical in mass surveillance and lack of freedom to transact, coming to our time to prevent utter domination by some type of oppressive whatever.

Unfortunately, I've forgotten too much of the plot to Discipline to know how similar they are. I know it has supernatural powers... chess... a handjob for drugs... .... Did he time-travel? The villain time-traveled, right?

Satoshi may also be an alien looking to observe what humans will do with this and how fast, to determine whether or not we're worth enslaving.

I have come to know that Satoshi Nkamoto has been captured by NSA and they've been keeping him in Area 51 and forcing him to watch Miley Cyrus videos and listening to Britney Spears music in order to torture him. They apparently want to either get hold of all his wallets or force him to code a system that can take Bitcoin down.

I like the idea that Satoshi Nakamoto is a time traveler, that is awesome. It really opens up worlds of what is possible. Maybe he's an alien?

I don't think that is even possible right now though, as we have yet to make any contact at all with any aliens at all.

BITCOINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best Currency in the world.

For those that disagree, you know nothing about currency and Bitcoin's potential in the world.

This is hilarious...I can't stop laughing...  ;D

In case he dies his family would checkout of bitcoin and the market would collapse :)

For him, she or them does not want publicity. Just wanted to change things to better. If he could create such a masterpiece without anyone tracing him, I do not think we will ever find out who he is.

He is either dead or here. Probably here. He could be ANY of you.

I wanted to remain discreet, but you got me. I'll have to create another fake account now.

There is no Satoshi Nakamoto...only Shibetoshi Nakamoto

WoW !

So relevant
                            Very sathosi

Maybe he never gave the password to his wallet anybody, so all his Bitcoins are lost together with him

Maybe he is dead. Maybe we'll never know.

Hypothetically speaking, what if he didn't die but wanted us to think he did? would he write a post just like the one you did? ahhhhmmmmm........ ??? ??? ???

What if he accidentally wiped/crashed his hdd's and couldnt proof the identity anyways :) I know a few guys who managed to accomplish this including wallets xD

I have read one conspiracy theory that Satoshi died in tsunami in 2011. I don't know, can it be true or not, be he is gone short time before this disaster.
Another possible thing - maybe he just left Bitcoin community after doing main things that he wanted to do and now watching everything from distance. Maybe he even have alt account on bitcointalk :D
We can create hundreds of conspiracy theories with question "What happened to Satoshi", but no one knows the right answer.

Whether he died or not will make no difference, the idea of Satoshi Nakamoto is in the mind and not in his fame, whether a person or an organization.His idea is for posterity.

Haha. You're joking, right?

I've never heard this "theory" at all...and it sounds pretty ridiculous.

You're probably right, the existing theory that Satoshi is a human or group of humans that created bitcoin as the evolution of 20 years of cypherpunk talk and tries and fails is much less plausible than "Satoshi is a time traveler".

Good one!

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I believe Satoshi was Hal Finney...and Hal Finney is dead, sadly. His illness got worse around the same time that Satoshi faded away from this forum and with contact with early developers. Hal was also the first person Satoshi interacted with to create node and conduct a transaction...that puts Hal at the center of all of this. Hal also once lived within miles of the Satoshi Nakamoto that was falsely "exposed" a few years back.

Even if he really died 4 years ago, bitcoin lives and thrives. Its cost is rising at an unprecedented pace, so I see no reason to worry.

1) Why he used to be an active member of this forum? Where did you get that information?
2) What the difference if he's dead? Nothing is changed. That's the point of decentralized system.

Nothing will change anymore if he was dead or he already was. Bitcoin is already stablish. And we thank him because of his wonderful work. Like the one who invented something helpful, the only change is it will be develop but no negative  effect if the inventor wilk be dead.

I don't think there will be a huge difference. As bitcoin will be the source of online currency and it should be managed by another person and satoshi's family will take the charge.

I dont have any idea what will happen if he dies. I think bitcoin is really unpredictable.

There will not any effect on the bitcoin, Bitcoin will fluctuate as it is now,
So don't worry, He gives us the assets that would last long.

I think that immediately someone will appear who will pretend to be Satoshi.

The amount of 1 million bitcoin of Satoshi Nakamoto has never translated. I think they are an organization and the members will share the bitcoin hold.

Well, then 1 Million of bitcoin will be wasted because no one knows his key.

But for that, it may increase the Bitcoin price because the maximum supply will be less than 20 Million :)

Alts will anyways take over btc, nothing will change if nakamoto is no more. The speed and tech of btc is anyways inferior to alts. Only value is highest as btc is oldest.

It's grown bigger than one man now.

While I'd love to meet him, I sincerely hope that we never from him, and he remains a mystery

Even if Satoshi Nakamoto dies, bitcoin will never die. It has features and benefits that people will adapt it for the longest time.

His legacy will remain.

You don't even know is it "he" or "they", also it's never matter if "he" died or not. It changes nothing.

the trusted person of satoshi will deal with the business and continue its initiative, the bitcoin routine continues as usual.

We will never know. Satoshi will remain a mystery forever

If he dead, he cant sold their big amount of btc. I dont seen other consequences.

That dosen't matter since he left his legacy behind.

I think nothing happens. Bitcoin will continue.

LMAO!
There is saying in my language which basically tells, that the work/legacy of a person is immortal. I think this is quite relevant for Satoshi (if we assume he is a person).

Thus, Satoshi Nakamoto will never die, because bitcoin will never die, blockchain will never die, cryptocurrency will never die (unless this world collapses),

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Exactly what i think, it doesn't seem like the real Satoshi Nakamoto is interested in unveiling his identify for the world to know.
Anonymity provides privacy , protection and peace—three things that likely appeal to the owner of 5% of the entire crytocurrency in circulation :o :o :o
But is that really such a bad idea?
With the level of havoc it could wreak on the price of bitcoin and other crytocurrencies and internal politics, it is indeed better off that Nakamoto—whoever that is even if he's here with us—remain anonymous and inactive indefinitely....but he could atleast congratulate me with some of his treasures for this post ;D ;D

I doubt it deeply. But in any case he is immortal. He went down in history forever.

Every human being is destined to die, but the works do not die in view of the evolution that we see now. For example, the inventor of the fall, Thomas Edison, invented the lamp and illuminated the world and satoshi Nakamoto invented the Blockchain, which changed some of the concepts in the Internet that have become the control of all the requirements in our lives and it is better to consider the answer to the inventions

We do not even know who this person or group of people is, maybe everything is much more complicated. Extremely many theories about who was favorable before this new method of payment transactions.

the question is, what if he forgot his password?

right. no one knows for sure he is alive or dead. but his work are blockchain brings great changes to the development of technology in the world. although is currently still a lot of pros and cons, but it is something that is natural

This is an old thread and in 2013 this was interesting but now it doesn't really matter anymore.
Alive or dead he can't influence BTC.
Maybe the value of BTC would skyrocket if he revealed his identity to the public but after some time things would go back to normal.
Whales manipulate the value of coins so one man can't do much. Not even Satoshi himself.

Bitcoin is still living. That is all that matters. What if something happens to Vitalik Buterin? That is a very silly question. What if Elon Musk dies. What if Mark Zuckerberg dies. Is this the Jerry Springer Show. What a riot?

Satoshi Nakamoto, rather dead or alive…we don’t need to fear and worry anything because bitcoin is decentralized digital currency, meaning weather Nakamoto is still alive and living happily or not, it is safe and has a benefits for us, nation-states cannot shut down the network. :)

The problem he faces, is he can't prove that he is. What if he's one of those nuts out there who claims he is him and just lost his computer with all of his log-in and it's actually true.

Satoshi probably reading this thread laughing at every replys

We all should respect the basic rights of Satoshi Nakamoto. He just wanted some privacy. If he wanted fame or popularity, he would have announced himself to the world. It should not be our concern whatever he does. Am i right guys ?

Well, this is a doubt now. I'm not sure satoshi died this time. How could he leave this behind?
I just think that right now he's just hiding behind a mask, who would have thought we were in the middle of us by being someone else. ;D

I think  it's not a problem for world and cryprocuurency. We even don't know who is this person

I don't think it changes anything, the cryptocurrency is pretty fine going without him. He isn't involved into something now and cryptomarket is a self-sufficient sphere

Satoshi Nakamoto created bitcoin and this is the most important thing. We will never know about Satoshi Nakamoto all truth

What password?

That is true, he created something that he don't need to follow/ secure or do anything special about it, he just created perfect machine, for me (like for you) this situation don't change anything if it is true.

Well it would be good news then because it would mean that the satoshi coins would never get dumped. And if they were dumped the bitcoin would be doomed. I believe that satoshi must be either dead or have no access to coins.

What if he's not dead and he's live. Could you be Satoshi? Please if it's you let us know okay. I really want to see his fresh posts again or his face.

Oh naa, I don't think he'll be that old. Satoshi will definitely be in his youthful age. I say so because all those who started crypto were young, and well what if they were his friends. The first group of people to start a new invention on the internet are always friends.

What if his head was frozen in a box somewhere?

Lol, that's a pretty crazy line of thought there. I mean all the talk about him being from the future. Just wow. BTC sure seems like something for the future. But seriously, is there any assurance that the currency will outlive the inventor? So many questions or uncertainties come to mind. I really want to be optimistic though. To think otherwise is rather too scary.

He is not even born yet. Remember the 21e8 hash? Remember he is a time traveler?

I think he is dead since bitcoin became actively used on illegal activities, it is possible to track anyone, I believe that he was #1 on the list, but nobody can stop his creation... ))) so right now it just a beautiful story and doesn't matter )))

What if Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn are dead? Know who they are? They invented a much more important protocol.

It does not matter if Satoshi is dead, only that the blockchain is alive and well.

We'll have to preserve it and place on a display. Pretty much that's what they did with Rasputin's penis.
If we wait long enough somebody will come up with a way to bring dead cells back to life. We might have a talking head of Satoshi, kept alive by advanced equipment. That would technically make him a cyborg, right?

What if he just lost his wallet password or his wallet.dat became corrupted so he went into hiding to avoid embarrassment?

It wouldn't matter.
More on this matter, i watched bitcoin documentary and there was much very wise speculation who he was in one big circle of computer guys and he actually did die.
It don't affect bitcoin in any matter at all.

That really sounds good. I hope we can trust this "big circle of computer guys". I think this position is also very reasonable. What is the idea of creating the "currency of the future" if it cannot outlive you? Except of course you wish to live forever. Last I checked, this is impossible. So, basically no need for the scare. At least paper money outlive its inventors also.

One of the most hilarious to make me laugh so hard, made my day. If Satoshi would have died, he'd be considered a soldier, a martyr who fought against those old traditional techniques we call as BANKS currently which used to be looting us since ages by snatching our freedom to Finance. Satoshis can't die, because they're in our hearts, they'll always live till the existence of Bitcoins and beyond.

Somewhere I read an article where it was written that the USSR developed a system that resembled blockchain. I understand that corrupt officials were interested that this system didn't appear. All governments and banks are against such a system. So Satoshi Nakamoto can be considered a Robin Hood, who in the world has a system of bypassing the government. He's looking where it'll lead Now. I apologize for my English.

I don't know if the creator of bitcoin is dead but seem like bitcoin is going to dead already. :'(

I don't know if the creator of bitcoin is dead but Maybe he never gave the password to his wallet anybody,

He is either dead or here, Probably here, He could be ANY of you.

He is going to present his book soon. So he is alive ;D

I think it's just a rumor. Until now, it is not known whether this person is alive or not, and what he does at all

Can we count this to 307 times as another claim that bitcoin is dead?

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I dont think it really matters now. Whether he is dead or alive cant change the fact that lot of people are now embracing btc and it is here to stay

now bitcoin is independent protocol it wont require satoshi at this point in time they are lot of team of bitcoiner they will run the bitcoin protocol

Satoshi Nakamoto cannot die, he will live in every bitcoin that is exchanged every day.

When Bitcoin will die then we could say that Satoshi Nakamoto is died.

That's just rumor. No one knows too much about Satoshi's life. Speculation, the theorized are all curious about Bitcoin. The more curious about Bitcoin, Bitcoin has confirmed its longevity in the electronics market.

Why is he still so important today? Satoshi, just as Satoshi, is not very important anymore. What is important are the technology he formulated.

So many theories flying around. He could be dead or alive, and maybe reading this thread and laughing himself to stupor. The creator of Bitcoin really did a good job of keeping his/her identity secret and untraceable. This is great humility, imagine no one even recognizes the proprietor of the lost popular cryptocurrency in the world!