"Patoshi Researcher: 'Satoshi won't use his coins ever’"

[buwaytress]

Never underestimate human greed.
If Satoshi or somebody close to him will ever have access to those keys, we will eventually spend.

I think that Satoshi is either dead (which may make a certain clown's actions make some sense), either have completely and deliberately destroyed those keys.

Just one thing not to underestimate. The human instinct for survival is a really, really strong motivator. Gun to the head? Gun to family's head? Deus ex machina situations where money is the only solution?

Like you said, for as long as there is access to those keys, the possibility the coins will be used is a real one.

I tend to believe in the same too (that the keys are irretrievably lost). It's the only explanation for why that clown would dare make those claims.

[kryptqnick]

There are many possible options here. Satoshi might be dead, Satoshi might not be using those coins on purpose or might have lost access to those coins on purpose. There's no way of knowing how this will play out and whether Satoshi or someone else will even use those coins.
As for the article, I like how the researcher approaches the topic and respects Satoshi's privacy, but the altruism argument it quite weak IMO. Namely, not to cause significant harm Satoshi could let the majority of those coins just stay there, but there would be no problem with this person using a couple or a dozen of Bitcoin, would there? And the fact that not even a tiny amount has been moved doesn't look like something to do with altruism.