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Hey

First of all Im not sure if this is the right place to post this so mods feel free to move :)

Now, I have seen a lot of theories to what happened and why Satoshi left BTC suddenly. But, I haven't come across this pretty simple theory which I just thought about.

What if Satoshi was just sick and not well. Maybe his health was deteriorating and hence he decided to gradually handover his great creation. Isn't this a possible scenario?

Let me know your thoughts :)

the scenario of could satoshi be hal finney, who had health issues that were getting worse, has been thought about before. along side theories of satoshi being a separate person with his own health issues too

there are no signs of satoshi complaining about bad health or inability to do things due to health. and it has been established that satoshi is/was/ will not be hal finney..

so any theory around hal finney links are false, and any theory that satoshi as a separate person moving off the scene due to health has little to no evidence and thus idle speculation

To me the most possible scenarios are these:

- He is hiding and trying to be completely anonymous.
(Most likely because BTC was getting too big or NSA started beeing interested in BTC)

- He is dead or has been disabled (accident, murder, disease)
(Most of the given facts point to this version in my opinion)

Or the Hollywood version:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=883213.0

May we ever see that in the cinemas ?  :D

I want to see more bitcoin films

Great story Elwar, even after reading it once before, when i seen this link i just had to read it again.
You really got to get that story made into a movie man.
And when is the follow up coming out, it's been like a week now and i'm hanging to read your next one.
I will donate a few satoshis if i like it again  ;)

Follow up? That is the story we all need to write using the world as our parchment.

Ok, then as i mentioned in your thread how about a prequel?
What was satoshi working on before bitcoin, things like that, you got a good imagination you make it up

Or what Cassandra was doing :P

I think he was kidnapped by timetravellers from 2123 to relaunch bitcoin after everything was wiped out in the nuclear war of 2117.

I believe one of this to be true as well. It could also be that NSA already has him. A Movie or a Tv-series about this would be so good, "Finding Satoshi Nakamoto"  :)

Imagine if after creating bitcoin, seeing it succeed, you lost all your private keys in a HDD crash, had no backups, your brain wallets got brute-forced by rainbow tables attacks, and the rest was deposited at MtGox.

Would you still wish to come out? Just asking.  ;)

Heh, though I bet if you even had a thousand coins on one drive, you could get a "no win, no fee" contingency deal with a forensic recovery specialist.

Yes it is a possible scenario and many have speculated that he could be dead, but postulating on it will do no good as we will never know. Maybe he was abducted by the cia too?

If you can find his hard drive, they're yours:

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Japan-2011-Tsunami.jpg

or Satoshi built a rocket to the moon....and never came back  :o

LSD?

I wasn't pointing out at hal finney when I spoke a bout the health issues. Other than that I think the way he left BTC, i.e. gradually not suddenly one day could be some evidence about health issues. Maybe he wasn't able to give a lot of time to BTC because of it. Hard to think that he got busy with something more important!

Nice story! Good work.

But please everyone try to keep this on topic :)

Any reason why you believe NSA got involved or is it just blind speculation?

Yes I would still come out because BTC was not a get rich scheme for me  ;)

I read somewhere that Hal Finny is cryogenically frozen until the day scientific medicine has advanced enough that he can come back. If Satoshi was Hall Finny, then some time in the future he would end up getting revived and everyone pays in Satoshi's and he has trillions of dollars in capital at his disposal. That would make a really great movie!

how do you know he left bitcoin when you don't even know who he is?

MAybe, who knows, lots of conspiracy and allegations, what to believe?

More or less started with this story:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6652.0

It's hard to predict how he's disappeared because we don't know about Satoshi.

But i think he don't want to become popular & taking responbility if he's got arrested.
Or he's got some accident  :(

Franky, Satoshi was Hal.
And Hal is gone now unfortunately.
So is Satoshi.
Let's leave it at that shall we ;)

That's an educated guess. Nobody sees why he would go anonymous while still being involved in bitcoins.

Yeah makes me sad on the thought that he might be afraid of becoming popular as the creator of BTC and get into troubles. If I was at his place I would probably never be afraid of that. Saying that, I personally don't think this is the reason for his disappearance.

Do you have any proof to back up your statement here? Most people would believe otherwise!

It just shows that Bitcoin is truly pseudonymous in nature. :)

He could probably be hiding. As what some others put it he maybe waiting for the right time to reveal himself. Nobody knows the main reason but probably waiting for bitcoin to be accepted, legalized, goes into mainstream adoption or maybe for his own security reason.

Hiding where?in Plain site? I feel as if I am socializing with 15 year olds. You don't know who he is why would he be hiding?

well he could even die in car crush.. we never know

If he doesn't reveal himself till the very end, it would be a shame.
A great genius, having an ordinary funeral....