Actually what Satoshi did, I am talking about BTC creation and then later his total disappearance, was a great move.
This is the best way for people to learn not to rely on anyone's opinion, position or influence to fix community problems.
Imagine this scenario: Satoshi is with us, and he is steering bitcoin development - but for how long he could do this?
His whole life maybe, and then what, who will fix our problems? True strength of Bitcoin is its ability to survive without Satoshi
I have a different opinion on this
Though the conclusion is essentially the same, i.e. it was a wise decision on his part to leave the scene and vanish without a trace (let's assume that he is still alive, of course). The difference in our positions is that Bitcoin would still be independent of Satoshi, so such a situation could arise when he might have his say neglected and ultimately discarded since it is the miners who have the final say, not Satoshi or any other individual, for that matter. And I don't think that he would be quite happy with that if such an event should have happened (even though it is the nature of Bitcoin which he himself made it so). Obviously, he anticipated such a possibility and made up his mind not to get involved with this course of events in any possible way
