I remember that I was see news about this in
2015 ,so why this is news again in 2018?I assume the media every few years publish old story in a new format,but it not make any sense for me.
Feel bad for the guy who lost 80% of his coins due to "hacks, exchanges" and other shit. But did he really have to go full paranoid and store his private keys on his body? Now that his name and storage is publicly known, does he not think there could be attempts made to either using radio or some to hack/steal the data on those chips, or in worst case scenario, even just to hack those hands off his body?
Satoshi's supposed wallets have been sitting untouched since 2010. I'm pretty sure he never had to resort to extreme measures. Paper wallets would even have been a far, far better option that those chips. Hardware wallets. Chips in your hands?
If you read article then you will know that he only transfer just small amount of coins to that chip,just for buy beer, coffee or biscuits-so hacking that chip would not bring a significant profit to hacker.I agree that it is not smart to expose to public that you own cryptocurrency,but he is in public for long time-and these chips are just experiment-if he did not do it,it would probably have been done by someone else.
But these things have been used for some time now,many say it is just a matter of time when will enter into wide use.Today people use underskin chips to unlock/lock doors,cars,smartphones,computer and many other things.More info :
Under the skin: how insertable microchips could unlock the future