Fuck yes we can. I have student loan debt. Am I going to pay it ? Nope. Not ever. Over my dead fucking body will they get a penny from me.

Why? Because I don't want to fund the evil banksters who prey on impressionable young 18 year olds who don't know jack shit about the world, 18-year olds who are pressured by society into college they can't afford.

Same reason I don't buy cigarettes.

Unfortunately for you. Fortunately for all the smart(er) people who will buy up those coins at ~$600 and sell at $1,000, $6,000, or $60,000 per BTC. Don't say I didn't warn you.

We don't know, but we can use historical data to inform our estimate. That is the purpose of the field of statistics and scientific prediction.

Check this out.

@Jason read this.

Burden of proof fallacy.

Well, let's have a look at the evidence, shall we?

1. Those 1 million BTC have not been touched - not a single one - in nearly five years, despite the fact that selling 1% of his coins would net him 6 million USD today. If Satoshi were truly interested in financial gain, there is no logical reason he wouldn't have sold ANY of his coins by this point.
2. We do not know the current status of Satoshi's private key(s). For all we know they could've been deliberately destroyed. That would be done to preempt his own temptations to get rich - although I believe his is a more disciplined mind than would make this behavior necessary.
3. We know at least some of the political motivations for the creation of Bitcoin, such as the whitepaper, his comments via pseudonymous accounts, and the genesis block message. All this data points to a disgust for the modern banking system and the greed it entails.

The probability seems infinitesimally minute that a person brilliant enough to solve the decades old Byzantine General's problem by inventing of the blockchain would also be careless enough to allow ANY possibility of his private keys falling into the wrong hands.

You would have me believe that someone who could sell 1% of his coins and be set for the rest of his life - today, right now - is still in it for the money but holding off on selling for some inexplicable reason? I doubt it.

Bitcoin isn't 600 million USD to Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin is priceless to Satoshi Nakamoto, and I believe that's the point he's making by never touching any of that wealth.

Yours in compassion and solidarity,

World Citizen Beliathon

lmao, sounds like my dad.

Thanks. It probably helps that I despise capitalism and greed as much as I despise theism and superstition. I am predisposed to a way of thinking about the world that is the antithesis of majority culture, especially here in America.

Better, more astute explanation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHUPPYzzZrI

This one really got me laughing, thanks for that man and keep em coming! BTW Charlie Shrem is not a supervillian just because broheem wanted to smoke some dope! Everybody loves weed fool this is 2014 not 1914!

Agreed wholeheartedly. Not even to mention the psycho-stalker types who could very well endanger his/her life.

As much as I hate the US government for their mistreatment, deception, and coercion of We the People, I'd be perfectly alright with them getting Bitcoin rich, as Bitcoin taking over world currency would ultimately make this planet a less violent, more honest place.

That's called the greater good.

No more questions, just do it. Bitcoin may be trustless, but you can trust the good honest folks on this forum.

Except the ones trying to sell you gambling shit in their sigs, those guys are aholes.

You mean like this one? Or these beasties?

It's called cold storage. Learn it, know it, love it.

Or if you're from the US, just use Coinbase. I've been with them for over a year and have had 0 issues. I would work for this company actually, except that I really like my freetime and I live on the wrong side of the country.

Bitcoin IS a bailout, for the PEOPLE.

It's legit, common knowledge really.

I wonder if Satoshi ever reads this forum. If (s)he does, I bet (s)he gets a lot of laughs. I know I do.  

As long as you leave marijuana users alone, I'm cool with this. I have PTSD and will not stop buying and smoking pot, it's the only medicine that's ever really worked for my anxiety, and I've been on MANY.

Be careful not to let it turn into a witch-hunt, be wary of false accusations too.

Understanding Bitcoin's incredible growth rate.

I don't believe (s)he/they will ever spend any of the money, and I don't believe it's simply because (s)he/they want(s) to remain anonymous.

I believe the creation of Bitcoin was/is a gift to the world - a selfless act. I can't explain why I believe this, it is just a "gut" feeling.

What inspired the creation of the blockchain? Did you foresee the ramifications of your innovation?

If so, is that why you chose to remain anonymous and not spend any of your coins?

Meh that's a platitude I think. There's a bell curve of financial savvy, which probably correlates strongly with IQ. The means a person used to get rich has nothing to do with their ability to stay rich.