If Satoshi is not dead, what is he doing?

[CryptSafe]

After reading so many topics that discuss who satoshi could be and why he would leave bitcoin from one day to another it made me think: What is he doing these days? It is really unlikely that he never ever came back to the forum again, just to read and look at the progress. Also it seems likely that he had at least one alt account that may even be sill active.

Very funny question though but what he might be doing now is not what we should be bothering ourselves for neither should we be curious about it the simple truth is that he has done some of great impact in the world. His innovation has attained a great feat in the world and there is nothing anybody can do about it. His invention can never be surpassed by any technology till this world is over.
To talk of his appearance here, you just can not tell who is who here. His safety is Paramount and second to none so therefore you don't expect him to start showing up for no just reason.

[Pmalek]

Maybe he is busy shilling Shiba and Doge.

I don't think satoshi, whoever that is, will ever return to the forum again. The forum he left behind and the one we have now are different communities. I don't see satoshi having too many people to talk to. A handful at most. He made the decision to disappear when the FBI started showing greater interest in Bitcoin, and that's where the story about satoshi ends. I doubt he is just sitting around doing nothing. Satoshi could be a different developer and a person working on something completely unrelated to Bitcoin today.

[LoyceMobile]

If he's not dead, my guess is he's in prison. His last post didn't look like he wouldn't come back.

it seems likely that he had at least one alt account that may even be sill active.

What do you base this on?

[Baofeng]

After reading so many topics that discuss who satoshi could be and why he would leave bitcoin from one day to another it made me think: What is he doing these days? It is really unlikely that he never ever came back to the forum again, just to read and look at the progress. Also it seems likely that he had at least one alt account that may even be sill active.

I guess it's obvious that he is not going back to the forum after his sudden disappearance.

I will not speculate about him having fake account, that maybe the least of what he is going to do in his life. He has left it with good hands with Theymos. As someone said, doesn't matter, he has given us one of the greatest financial invention as it revolutionized on how we look at fiat and other assets.

[hZti]

it seems likely that he had at least one alt account that may even be sill active.

What do you base this on?

Imagine you create one of the biggest inventions in the financial world ever. You write about the development with other people that help you make your vision reality. One day you have to abandon your main account because it is known that you are the head of bitcoin and you are in fear of something. Wouldn’t you from time to time come back with another account, to make shure all goes the right way with the future development?

[m2017]

Doesn't matter what he's doing or what he's up to. He released one of the most important inventions in this lifetime and left. He deserves to rest peacefully probably in some beach int the Bahamas. Respecting his privacy and all that.

^I get why most people are curious, but you get the point.

Any mystery or riddle “tickles” the curiosity of people and therefore many people want to know who Satoshi was, what he is doing now and whether he is alive at all. Some for the sake of it (or sensation) collect information bit by bit to answer these questions. In my opinion, you need to leave alone everything that concerns bitcoin's founder and "let go" of all questions about him. If he wanted to do so, then so be it. We must respect his decision, if only out of a sense of gratitude for the great work he has done. Whatever Satoshi is doing now is none of our business. So I solidarity with your post.

[bittraffic]

No one knows what he is doing today but if he is alive I guess he is witnessing the effect of what he had unleashed. So much investigation like this a race to find him so by now he must have erased every track he did even its the track of his alt. If he really has alts.

If he chose to live somewhere in solidarity somewhere its his choice but it might just be dangerous for him to go out in the open.

[Wind_FURY]

If Satoshi is not dead, what is he doing?

If Satoshi is not dead, then he's not Hal Finney.

What he would be doing is probably posting in the Bitcoin dev-mailing list, or in Twitter under the name "Adam Back". Or he might be living a secluded life, and living under the name Nick Szabo.

Who Satoshi definitely is not, is that fraud/con-artist called? I will not mention the name, but everyone knows who he is.

[Kakmakr]

Well, Satoshi did say that he (using "he" to make it less confusing) will be moving onto other things. I hope he is working on the next "disruptive" technology that will make global wealth distribution more equal. 

Bitcoin mining was supposed to make it possible for everyone with a computer to "mine" and to receive a decent income, but expensive ASIC technology has destroyed that goal, so rich people and large mining operations are dominating Bitcoin mining now.

Cmon... Satoshi!.... destroy unemployment with your next invention. 

[KaliLinux]

And,
what,,, wait,, is it so important for you to know what he is doing? Whoever he is and whatever he is doing right now, let it be and we cannot assume whatever it is. 

Well you don't find it interesting that there is a good chance that satoshi is still in this forum just under another username. Maybe if the right research is done it would even be possible to uncover who it is. Anyways if you follow the media about Dorian Nakamoto I think Im not the only person interested in this.

So what is the intent of doing this research of uncovering who Satoshi really is? Is there some positivity that you believe it will bring to Bitcoins growth like someone on a different topic thinks knowing who Satoshi is can reduce the value of Bitcoin. Of cause it could well be that Satoshi is somewhere anywhere doing what (s)he/they feel, which should be, and the rest of us should enjoy what Bitcoin has turned out to be.   

[Crypt0S0ul]

Those things were discussed before;

• Is Satoshi Alive? Thread
• Satoshi Disappear Day
• Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
• Satoshi cannot hide himself if the gov really want to after him
• What would you say to Satoshi Nakamoto
• Do you really believe Satoshi is real??

Most probably, Satoshi is watching Laughing and us.
Forget about Satoshi Nakamoto. Do you even know who is theymos? Just answer this if you know. Satoshi is laughing because he is thinking about poor people who don't even know who is theymos even though he is active and on the forum. I am not there anymore, and they are trying to figure out who is me. Where am I? LOL. One day, People will create a thread and ask about theymos.

[ethereumhunter]

After reading so many topics that discuss who satoshi could be and why he would leave bitcoin from one day to another it made me think: What is he doing these days? It is really unlikely that he never ever came back to the forum again, just to read and look at the progress. Also it seems likely that he had at least one alt account that may even be sill active.

I think he is still actively working on another project which we don't know what project it is. Besides, I don't think that satoshi is one person because, with so complete the bitcoin network and whatnot, I think the bitcoin project is a team project of several people. Maybe one of them will come back here or maybe none will come but they will keep an eye on the bitcoin network. I think it's better to let satoshi do his project and be in a hidden place without anyone knowing because it will be safer for him.

[PrivacyG]

My personal theory is, he realized he is starting to become a target of attacks and therefore his best bet would be cutting all and every kind of communication and link of his life and identity to the Bitcoin project.

I look at my own behavior and sometimes, when I start feeling like I may have made a mistake or am becoming the target of a specific attack, I rather cut everything off than continue trying my best not to mistake again.  That is because, even if Satoshi may have been a very smart person or group of people who might have preserved their identity extremely well, the more they stayed on the forum the more likely it was that they would have made one or multiple small mistakes leading to the final reveal of their identity.

Another thought I am having is that he was subject to an attack by three letter agencies.  They surely hate Bitcoin now, they hated and were scared of the idea of Bitcoin back then.  And you surely know that, when you try to hide from your own government, you become a target.  I think Satohsi became a target and they at least found his identity one way or another so far.  I doubt there is no way, even if illegal and immoral, that a three letter agency would find the identity of someone.  Particularly considering they were using forums, e-mails and all of that, presumably at least partially through JavaScript which is full of flaws itself.  Whether they did anything to him or not, I do not know.  Maybe it was Finney, maybe he is still alive and three letter agencies are only making sure he is going to fail in anything Bitcoin-like that he may even think of creating.

Or, as a final thought of mine, maybe he is either dead or alive, he is still anonymous even in the eyes of three letter agencies and he just decided this project is going well enough that we do not need his help and thoughts anymore, so he just backed off.

Anyway, it does not matter now anymore honestly.  Would be great to hear he is doing well and all, but to Bitcoin it does not matter whether he is still dead or alive, wealthy or broke and whatever.  Bitcoin is still running strong, independently and fully decentralized no matter the status of a human.

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Regards,
PrivacyG

[kryptqnick]

Since we don't know anything about Satoshi's real-life identity, I'd use 'they' (as an indefinite pronoun) instead of 'he' when talking about this person. It is possible that Satoshi is dead, and that would explain the lack of activity with the so-called Satoshi's coins. It's also possible that Satoshi continues to monitor the forum from time to time, just to see what's going on, from a different profile. It is also likely that Satoshi moved on completely onto something different. I hope this person is out there, enjoying life and feeling fulfilled.

[NeuroticFish]

I have in my mind 3 scenarios, of which 2 are bad and one is good.

1. He's in a prison (or worse) for whatever idiocy the agencies could set up, if they've caught him.
2. He's ill. Maybe had a stroke or an accident and doesn't remember much.
3. He has bought some bitcoin at under 1$ a piece long ago and now he's busy drinking margaritas. Maybe he even reads this forum now and then and smiling on us.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Bitcoin was actually a great invention Satoshi ever did and he deserves some rest, because if he finally comes back to the forum with same account, I think it will alter the anonymousity of Bitcoin, because I'm ok with the way it is now. But if he is actually still alive, am sure he will be happy the way it's invention has transformed lots of lives of many on and off the bitcointalk forum especially for those who bought Bitcoin at it's infant early stage and hodl it for the least 5 to 10yrs

[Wind_FURY]

Bitcoin mining was supposed to make it possible for everyone with a computer to "mine" and to receive a decent income, but expensive ASIC technology has destroyed that goal, so rich people and large mining operations are dominating Bitcoin mining now.

Cmon... Satoshi!.... destroy unemployment with your next invention.  

Mining is actually a "business" of small margins, and to receive "decent income", you have to scale your mining operation by spending more on miners, spending more for electricity, and using it more efficiently than your competitors. This gives you a better probability of mining the next block. Plus ASICs was merely one pathway to mining Bitcoin more efficiency. It was unavoidable.

[Minecache]

The fact that we are predicting satoshi is no different than we are discussing the future price of bitcoin, which is almost never-ending. He chose to remain completely anonymous so we should respect his decision.

Honestly, I like his decision to remain anonymous, it's like how bitcoin works today. promote user privacy.
We've always wanted to know satoshi's true identity, it's human curiosity but perhaps we're bothering him. So in my opinion, we should stop looking for him. That's the only thing we can do for him with the great legacy he left us.

[BlackHatCoiner]

He's having fun on Twitter.

We all know he has close to 1 Million of bitcoins

Nobody knows this, but he. Satoshi was talking to mailing list prior the announcement of the very first release. Bitcoin.org was registered on August 2008, and released the binaries at about few months later. He, sure, took advantage of the lowest difficulty, but so did others.

If we somehow knew he was mining alone for the first x thousands blocks, we could make a safe assumption, but he wasn't.

[sbrys]

Quite sure he is shorting Tesla and peeing in Elons mailbox