Is there a chance Satoshi is dead? Car accident, heart failure, ect

[Xester]

Nobody seems to have a good answer to where Satoshi has gone and why he and his coins have not been seen for years.

I can think of only a few reasons why that might be.

1. He wants btc to succeed and knows spending his coins will cause a massive panic.
2. He is already rich and has no need for more money.
3. He was hired/tagged by an agency or institution and is under NDA.
4. He is sick of btc.
5. He hates attention/spotlight and does not want the leadership role.

What if the answer is even simpler? He had a car accident / heart failure and died. His wallets are lost and therefore never spent.

This is so much more reasonable and probable than "satoshi is an AI" or other crazy theories here. It's sad, but I think this might be the truth.

That could still be possible. Given the facts that nobody can really give sufficient evidence that they are the real Satoshi Nakamoto and the ongoing problems on bitcoin was still unsolved it could lead to such hypothesis that Satoshi Nakamoto really died just before or after the launch of bitcoin in his honor. There are many possibilities and this one could also be included in the list.

[loreykyutt05]

It seems like satoshi doesn't want to reveal himself in the public because he doesn't want to be recognized as one of the riches man/woman in the world ! I think with how much bitcoin he/she carrying it will have enough funds to level with how much money bill gates or even the apple,facebook CEO's have ! He doesn't want to be recognized as the guy who earn easy money (tho it wasn't easy) by the crowd ! but if I were him/here I will gladly reveal myself and be an inspiration to people all over the globe.

[requester]

since we no one have any information we cant make any guess that h e is death, by card accident and other cause if so may his soul rest in peace. he might have huge planning about future of bitcoin.  ithink tha the is resting in ac room to see his currency a huge success in future.

[hajimasan]

My his soul rest in peace if he Is more alive with us. But I would never want such a person is death. we need him to make the technology a better one then the present with huge problems like unconfirmed transaction, too much anonymity that government hates and we would also love to make this currency legal by imposing taxes                     o the currency.

[margarete11]

I think satoshi nakamoto is just hiding his true identity because of the fear that If people will identify that he hold so much bitcoin his life will be threatened , I am pretty sure he is alive and he is enjoying the fruits of his works today and not worry about the work of the future because he has so much money in his pocket right now! so please stop predicting whether he lives or not because i am pretty sure he is enjoying his life right now so better enjoy yours !

[hase0278]

There is a chance that satoshi is dead because of car accident, car failure or any other reasons that might have been the reason but most probably satoshi is probably in hiding. He is also not selling his bitcoins since it will create the people panic and maybe he wants bitcoin to thrive more selling little by little. That is just my theory though he might be somewhere out there just enjoying his/her life.

[jakelyson]

I hope he is not dead and will come back here someday to continue his work.

We can throw as many speculation as we can but those cannot be confirmed until he comes back. Why don't we just stop it and focus on bitcoin and not the creator. I think it is more productive that way.

[piloder]

I hope he is not dead and will come back here someday to continue his work.

Nobody wants him to come back or expose himself, it will be disaster for bitcoin. This will trigger series of panic reaction among bitcoin holders, which will force a very big dump on the bitcoin price.

Even if he is still alive i am quite sure he will not move bitcoin from his known addresses. Satoshi will not let bitcoin lost its value due to his activity.

[calkob]

Of course there is a chance, if no one knows who he is then how would we ever know.  although i think satoshi is still hanging around and is prob a big name in bitcoin today with out admitting it.

[noormcs5]

Many speculations reagarding the life of satoshi now, if he is dead or what, many claims that they are Satoshi, I guess we cannot say about that since Satoshi did not publicize his personal things, but then if satoshi is dead for sure he introduce bitcoin to his relatives or family.

[Vikingr]

If satoshi was only his nickname then it may be the chances that he would be died and no one know that who was he as for many projects people often select a new nickname and do not share that with their relatives and friends while if it was his real name then I think he is now alive because his relatives would not hide him for that longer.

[Qartersa]

I am not sure why people has this much interest in satoshi. Satoshi has been gone for a very long time. I think it has been years since he was still supporting the project. He is gone and there is no point looking for him anyway. What do you guys want? An autograph and a picture with him? I don't think he will even allow you to do that.

[webtricks]

An Inventor is not important, an invention is what matters!
Fame, money, reputation, respect is not all wanted to live. People may live a most happy life by getting inner satisfaction. Even if you study Maslow's need hierarchy theory, he had placed 'self-actualization goal' at the top. Achieving what one's biggest dream is all better than money and fame!
Maybe, Satoshi belongs to such race of psychology, who knows!!   

[Pettuh4]

Nobody seems to have a good answer to where Satoshi has gone and why he and his coins have not been seen for years.

I can think of only a few reasons why that might be.

1. He wants btc to succeed and knows spending his coins will cause a massive panic.
2. He is already rich and has no need for more money.
3. He was hired/tagged by an agency or institution and is under NDA.
4. He is sick of btc.
5. He hates attention/spotlight and does not want the leadership role.

What if the answer is even simpler? He had a car accident / heart failure and died. His wallets are lost and therefore never spent.

This is so much more reasonable and probable than "satoshi is an AI" or other crazy theories here. It's sad, but I think this might be the truth.

I don't want to be led into assumptions because whether he's dead or alive Bitcoin is Bitcoin and the current developers are doing a great job. His presence even though might spark enthusiasm it doesn't really matter at this stage of Bitcoin growth.

[joshy23]

Nobody seems to have a good answer to where Satoshi has gone and why he and his coins have not been seen for years.

I can think of only a few reasons why that might be.

1. He wants btc to succeed and knows spending his coins will cause a massive panic.
2. He is already rich and has no need for more money.
3. He was hired/tagged by an agency or institution and is under NDA.
4. He is sick of btc.
5. He hates attention/spotlight and does not want the leadership role.

What if the answer is even simpler? He had a car accident / heart failure and died. His wallets are lost and therefore never spent.

This is so much more reasonable and probable than "satoshi is an AI" or other crazy theories here. It's sad, but I think this might be the truth.

He may have been dead for all we know. But he left us a legacy which is bitcoin and everybody here should stop interest on the man but instead let his legacy and value stays forever.

[carlerha]

There is a chance that satoshi is dead because of car accident, car failure or any other reasons that might have been the reason but most probably satoshi is probably in hiding. He is also not selling his bitcoins since it will create the people panic and maybe he wants bitcoin to thrive more selling little by little. That is just my theory though he might be somewhere out there just enjoying his/her life.

yes it can be true because no one know about him his identity therefore every possible is there. satoshi is hiding his identity and may be the reason behind this that he want to keep bitcoin as anonymous and decentralize currency fo the world. people from all over the world are now giving prefernce to bitcoin and adopting it but if Satoshi will disclose his identity may then people will not give too much importance to it and that is the reason that satoshi is hiding his identity.

[Superzpay]

I think he is alive and he do not want to show his identity to the public and he want to make himself as an example for all of us to not to show your identity while using bitcoin and want to love the feature of anonymity of bitcoin and want to make it a long lasting feature of bitcoin.

[monsanto]

Nobody seems to have a good answer to where Satoshi has gone and why he and his coins have not been seen for years.

I can think of only a few reasons why that might be.

1. He wants btc to succeed and knows spending his coins will cause a massive panic.
2. He is already rich and has no need for more money.
3. He was hired/tagged by an agency or institution and is under NDA.
4. He is sick of btc.
5. He hates attention/spotlight and does not want the leadership role.

What if the answer is even simpler? He had a car accident / heart failure and died. His wallets are lost and therefore never spent.

This is so much more reasonable and probable than "satoshi is an AI" or other crazy theories here. It's sad, but I think this might be the truth.

1. Bitcoin wasn't worth but maybe a dollar a piece when Satoshi went silent. So he wasn't concerned with panic. Not to mention that nobody who was here really cared that he had mined all those blocks.
2.Close. Probably not rich but comfortable. He probably had/has a 6 figure a year salary as a programmer or the likes. He most likely remained anonymous because he worked for someone that might try to claim it as intellectual property since it would've been easy to convince a court he was working on it on company time. If you think about it, nobody who attempted something like this went anonymous (that I've ever heard) when releasing the precursors of e-cash years before. So there was no precedence for him to go anon.
3. Companies are greedy and would've taken the coins that haven't moved already.
4. I think he went public as a bystander and has been working on BTC in some capacity, though way removed.
5.If you read his posts, he was not afraid to speak up and be and was well versed in most related concepts to Bitcoin.

My guess is, he had to work in real life or travel when he went silent here. He then saw that BTC was still running and doing fine with others taken over and decided to stay on the side line. Or he had a time limit for him being the central piece and that was when it hit a dollar he would let it go and let it be a truly decentralized project. As for the blocks he mined, he either burned the private keys or he still has them but is scared to move them now.

I agree with most of this except I think Satoshi was probably 2 or 3 people.  Enough people so you can manage the working parts initially but not too many since even with 3 people it would be hard to keep a secret (eventually someone gets pissed off and goes public).  History is riddled with failed digital currency projects so they were probably almost as surprised as everyone else at how fast it took off and hit $1/btc.  It's a good guess that they premined whatever they did (5-10%?) so that if it ever reached dollar parity they would become millionaires.  

One thing I've realized: the anonymity of satoshi was initially actually just as important to bitcoin's success as anything else they did.  Satoshi probably had already had legal problems (at the very least he saw others having them) when developing earlier versions of cryptocurrency as a non-anon dev.  

[MFahad]

Nobody seems to have a good answer to where Satoshi has gone and why he and his coins have not been seen for years.

I can think of only a few reasons why that might be.

1. He wants btc to succeed and knows spending his coins will cause a massive panic.
2. He is already rich and has no need for more money.
3. He was hired/tagged by an agency or institution and is under NDA.
4. He is sick of btc.
5. He hates attention/spotlight and does not want the leadership role.

What if the answer is even simpler? He had a car accident / heart failure and died. His wallets are lost and therefore never spent.

This is so much more reasonable and probable than "satoshi is an AI" or other crazy theories here. It's sad, but I think this might be the truth.

I have a feeling Satoshi is alive and watching the space. I will pick number 1 and 5, I think Satoshi is someone that put the success of his work ahead of money, fame and spotlight. He has much more money presently, and with the current price of BTC , He is a Billionaire

I also think that he dont need unwanted attention that can ruin his success. He must be billionaire by now and if anyone who his real identity they can try to hijack him or his technology secrets. He could have threats to his life. So i guess his hidden identity is good for all of us.

[izanagi narukami]

I'm wonder why Satoshi never reveal his/her identity but whoever reason he/she must have reason for doing it.
I think bitcoin can be use for something criminal so Satoshi want to protect his/her family because creating bitcoin = create another way to transaction especially for bad transaction !