i feel like the coins are already destroyed. its not satoshi is gonna show up any time soon. for all we know hes already dead. really though he hasnt shown himself in the last couple of years. he couldve said something anonymously.
Well, why do we need satoshi to do anything?
If he's dead, great, because we don't need to worry about his coins anymore. However, this is probably not the case right now. He is probably just hiding under an alt account lurking on the forum.
If he was dead that doesn't change the fact that he could have given access to the private keys to someone he knew or trusted.
Private keys and bitcoin don't care if you are alive or not. Only if someone alive who has access to them.