Is Satoshi Nakamoto Alive ?!

[Porfirii]

Okay, now I am overwhelmed by the number of posts which are being posted on this forum related to Satoshi Nakamoto. I could clearly understand why the OG members do not reply or respond to these threads as they are already done explaining similar stuff again and again. OP, doesn't matter if Satoshi is even alive or not. That clearly doesn't impact your life. What he/they built for all of us is what matters i.e. Bitcoin.

Although it has been debated ad nauseam, it is reasonable to keep talking about him in the forum he created. To me, these threads are homages to our founder and keep the newbies informed about facts that we may take for granted, but which are new for the youngest, for example.

Yes, they could use the search bar instead, but we both know that this won't happen. So seeing that this topic remains topical is a good sign of the good health of the myth, and not a reason to complain.

[Kelward]

Giving Tribute to our heroes is what we as humans do and Satoshi with likes of Hal Finney are no exception.
The world knowing Satoshi does not really matters in the long run because we all will be history and Bitcoin will still remain.

Remember that movie series 'Vicking, in the last episode when the lead act Ragna, who had been gone for a long time and his family and people had moved on, suddenly showed up, their expressions were like, "why did you come back". So Satoshi Nakamoto's, anonymity has become his identity, if he were to show up now, I doubt that he'll get that heroic welcome, because since he or them created Bitcoin and disappeared, we've moved on with Bitcoin, and we're thankful to him for giving us this decentralized digital asset, that we,re hoping that it's value will outlive us, as it's doing very fine without Satoshi, ever since he exited the scene.

[avp2306]

What do u think would be the Impact of Crypto world if  Satoshi Nakamoto is Alive and come out on Public ?
would we have a strong Bear market ?!

It doesn't change anything. Do you see any strong impact happen to Ethereum when people know who is the creator of that coin? Nothing right so maybe the same thing will happen to Bitcoin and people will just continue to do their thing especially on investment.

The only changes will happen there is people will stop discussing any related to his identity and people will just continue to speculate about its future.

Maybe best for you not to think deeply about his identity since you can't get any accurate answer with that since up by now people are still speculating about him and there's so many threads the same like this created because people are just curious about him.

[reagansimms]

So far there have been no signs or opening of the curtain that could reveal Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity, his hiding is still very perfect even though many parties are trying to dig up his identity. From the start he chose to remain anonymous, My assumption is that he will never return or show his true identity, if that happens, it will be a failure for him.
The question of who Satoshi Nakamoto really was and why he finally disappeared as if he had been swallowed by the earth after creating something big that could be the forerunner of a future transaction system still crosses the minds of individuals, governments and groups who really want to know his identity. If someone openly claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, this confession is very difficult to accept widely, even though the person making the confession was the real Satoshi Nakamoto.

Perhaps many major events will occur as a result of the appearance of this very mysterious figure, including a very significant surge in Bitcoin. But if you look at the price of Bitcoin traded today, it looks like Satoshi will still choose to be anonymous because without having to show his identity to the public, Bitcoin is still able to soar high.

[PrivacyG]

What do u think would be the Impact of Crypto world if  Satoshi Nakamoto is Alive and come out on Public ?
would we have a strong Bear market ?!

Yes.  I bet we would.

I shortly mentioned my opinion on this only a few days ago.  If Satoshi would come back AND reveal their identity Bitcoin would be bearish for a while in my opinion.

Satoshi Nakamoto is a very neutral identity.  We know not much about them.  If they come out and reveal themselves, the best scenario would be some body who is charismatic and almost impossible to suspect of any thing.  But how lucky could we get to have their identity revealed in the BEST way possible?

The reality would be much different.  Satoshi is probably politically oriented too.  That would be a problem.  If they were from Russia, it would be yet another problem.  If they would be from the United States hinting to have a some what relation to a Three Letter Agency, that would be yet another problem.  And so on.  And so forth.

Do not hope for this to ever happen.  I REALLY doubt it would because revealing themselves would affect their personal safety as well.  Most big Governments would offer BIG money to influence things.  It is true that Satoshi does not have a direct influence over Bitcoin but it is also true that people are kind of foolish and do not care how Decentralized Bitcoin is if there is a charismatic person who hypes every body up.  Such as Justin Sun, Vitalik, you name them.

[LogitechMouse]

Re: Is Satoshi Nakamoto Alive ?!

Why are threads like this popping up again? Is it because we are nearing the bull run already?

Kidding aside, Satoshi might be dead already, or Satoshi might be alive as well. Satoshi might be your neighbor, or Satoshi might be the customer of your restaurant. TBH, I'm also thinking that theymos = Satoshi. What I'm trying to say is that we will not know who Satoshi is, and I don't think that there's any reason for Satoshi to come out in public. I mean what will be the benefits if Satoshi comes up? It will cause more harm than good to him/her/them if they will publicize their identity. One more thing is that, right now, it's hard to prove to the public that they are Satoshi because there are many that are claiming it already, and it came to a point where you don't know which is which.

What do u think would be the Impact of Crypto world if  Satoshi Nakamoto is Alive and come out on Public ?
would we have a strong Bear market ?!

Could be, could be not as well.
I'd rather keep myself private if I'm Satoshi though.

[Nangiconference]

About last week I did a thorough research about satoshi, I came across his last post on the forum, the history of bitcoin and the forum also about their respective purposes.
I really loved to hear about his presence for he needs to be awarded for his invention. His invention is really a feat. Imagine all of us now using bitcoin, learning trading, investing in what the author might be alive or dead. That feeling of knowing him would have been wonderful.
Over the years bitcoin had created:
-Employment
-Wealth
-Investment
-Means of payment
.Income and lots more
It has mean different things to different people. Most of us are surviving to due to its practice and adoption. we are able to pay bills carry out different projects. We been able to raise funds for re-occurring and capital needs.
We all just need to respect the almighty founder.

[Dunamisx]

How do we know if a person who is antonymous is alive or not, all that we care now is the bitcoin he made and had left for us to use in ither to be completely free and decentralized from the government authority over our finances, i don't see any reason why i should be more concerned about Satoshi himself than the bitcoin he intended on us, what must always be alive is bitcoin and the bitcoin network.

[GbitG]

What do u think would be the Impact of Crypto world if  Satoshi Nakamoto is Alive and come out on Public ?
would we have a strong Bear market ?!

I don't see a reason why we would have a bear market if Satoshi comes back and starts moving his coins from any of the addresses you mentioned, and I don't see any reason for him to do that anyway, he can't risk his life by coming back and letting the world know that he is alive because he wouldn't be left alone if he does that. Who knows? He might be alive, watching everything, using Bitcoin not using these marked addresses.
I'm pretty sure that he would never reveal his identity or let the world know that he is alive even if he is because he knows it can become a life threat to him considering how many people, including governments, hate him.

[nurilham]

It doesn't change anything. Do you see any strong impact happen to Ethereum when people know who is the creator of that coin? Nothing right so maybe the same thing will happen to Bitcoin and people will just continue to do their thing especially on investment.

It is a different condition when you compare to Vitalik Buterin. When people know him as the creator of Ethereum, people won't be so surprised because there is nothing to exaggerate. But when people know Satoshi, it will be shocking the world. The story and the role of Satoshi in crypto industry, it makes him to have a special value. Moreover, people doubt he may be caught by the government and the future of crypto will be doubtful if we know who Satoshi is.

The only changes will happen there is people will stop discussing any related to his identity and people will just continue to speculate about its future.

When we stop discussing about Satoshi's identity, it also won't change anything. But we won't waste our energy and efforts anymore if we stop discussing about him. However, everyone has the right to discuss anything, including about Satoshi.

Maybe best for you not to think deeply about his identity since you can't get any accurate answer -snip -

Yes, we only waste time and efforts. It is almost impossible to reveal the identity of Satoshi. Satoshi knows well how to hide his identity, an average people like us won't have the chance to know it.

[oktana]

It will be terrific if Satoshi Nakamoto came online and said that he wants to sell all his Bitcoins, it will create so much FUD that Bitcoin could crash really badly. But that’s just imagination because even if he were to come back, I don’t believe he will come to destroy what he built. If on the other hand, he gave a speech or wrote an article on the visions he has for Bitcoin, it will give investors hope to even invest more.

I think the $1.2 Million was just someone trying to say “thank you for building Bitcoin, I have make just too much money from it”

[apogio]

I think the $1.2 Million was just someone trying to say “thank you for building Bitcoin, I have make just too much money from it”

Not that this is excused by any means. Donating to an address that you know is highly unlikely to ever move its coins is kind of strange. But, I understand that the reason behind this move is:
(a) support the whole network by "burning" some coins.
(b) support satoshi by donating him some of my coins.
Yet, again, the amount is so big, that it could be donated to some charity or open-source development projects.
My humble opinion.

[KingsDen]

I think the $1.2 Million was just someone trying to say “thank you for building Bitcoin, I have make just too much money from it”

Not that this is excused by any means. Donating to an address that you know is highly unlikely to ever move its coins is kind of strange.

Very strange indeed and it can only give the idea that the sender might have access to withdraw the coin in the future. But all these are just mere speculations as there's no evidence to back it up.

But, I understand that the reason behind this move is:
(a) support the whole network by "burning" some coins.

But BTC is not a random altcoin like Shiba or Bonk whose success depends on how many coins burnt. BTC has a way of burning itself considering the amount of lost BTC.

(b) support satoshi by donating him some of my coins.

It is very likely that Satoshi is dead and no one will everly withdraw from that address or still Satoshi himself has forget the details to access the address.

Yet, again, the amount is so big, that it could be donated to some charity or open-source development projects.
My humble opinion.

Maybe the donator had also donated to the above mentioned names.

[xiamin]

I think "Satoshi Nakamoto" is a generation, It's not the real name.Nobody knows who and where live or dead!

[Mpamaegbu]

There will be a temporary massive panic in the BTC market if/when Satoshi starts to sell his huge pile of virgin coins. This will present a great opportunity for people with the guts to go against the crowd. The damage could be more severe and long-lasting if it combined with bad news related to the on-going post-FTX drama, and more countries "banning BTC", etc. Our bear markets get pretty predictable after a while, but the FTX hangover is real and not over with yet.

What if also coins are moved out from other wallets to the Genesis wallet or any other wallets rumoured to belong to Satoshi? What do you think will happen to the price of Bitcoin? It will spike, right? Well, I would think that if coins begin to get sold from these wallets now that we're in a bull run it won't cause much panic. People will hardly notice it. Panic might come if it were done in the bear season but definitely not now.

[albon]

For many years, this question has been asked constantly in the forum and on social media: Is Satoshi alive? Some believe Satoshi is alive, while many people have claimed to be the real Satoshi for various reasons. Others believe Satoshi is dead because he disappeared for many years after creating Bitcoin. It is worth noting that no one can answer this question because Satoshi did not reveal his real identity and remains anonymous.

Knowing this doesn't matter much. What he did was an ideal security precaution to protect him from governments and central authorities and is one of the reasons for the success of the decentralized Bitcoin system, which countries and regimes are trying to suppress and stop. Still, it continued against their will and gained widespread adoption and reliability. Maybe things would have been much worse if Satoshi had been around us and his identity had been known.

[oktana]

I think the $1.2 Million was just someone trying to say “thank you for building Bitcoin, I have make just too much money from it”

Not that this is excused by any means. Donating to an address that you know is highly unlikely to ever move its coins is kind of strange. But, I understand that the reason behind this move is:
(a) support the whole network by "burning" some coins.
(b) support satoshi by donating him some of my coins.
Yet, again, the amount is so big, that it could be donated to some charity or open-source development projects.
My humble opinion.

I don’t even think of it as a way of burning. I don’t believe that was the user’s intention. I think it just has to do with gratitude that they’ve made so much so they just wanted to send the money there even if they know it could be a waste. People are crazy; Elon sent a car to float in space just because he could afford it. What if this user has made Billions of dollars and did it just because they could? I’m only thinking though.

[_BlackStar]

For many years, this question has been asked constantly in the forum and on social media: Is Satoshi alive? Some believe Satoshi is alive, while many people have claimed to be the real Satoshi for various reasons. Others believe Satoshi is dead because he disappeared for many years after creating Bitcoin. It is worth noting that no one can answer this question because Satoshi did not reveal his real identity and remains anonymous.

I can't be sure of one of them because maybe I could guess wrong. No one knows for sure whether Satoshi was one person or a group - while his identity is top secret, you are right that several people have claimed to be Satoshi, but all of them are fake.

He may be alive or dead - also they are still there even though none of them revealed his identity ^{[if it was a group].} I don't know - I'm not going to make a big deal out of it because the reality is that a lot of people don't want him back because they're afraid of the assets he has in wallets.

[odunybiz]

What do u think would be the Impact of Crypto world if  Satoshi Nakamoto is Alive and come out on Public ?
would we have a strong Bear market ?!

Bitcoin has proven it's genuineness over years to people without it's existence. So if he decides to make its identity known, I don't think Knowing he's identity can have any significant effect on the coin or it's investor

[bitzizzix]

For many years, this question has been asked constantly in the forum and on social media: Is Satoshi alive? Some believe Satoshi is alive, while many people have claimed to be the real Satoshi for various reasons. Others believe Satoshi is dead because he disappeared for many years after creating Bitcoin. It is worth noting that no one can answer this question because Satoshi did not reveal his real identity and remains anonymous.

I can't be sure of one of them because maybe I could guess wrong. No one knows for sure whether Satoshi was one person or a group - while his identity is top secret, you are right that several people have claimed to be Satoshi, but all of them are fake.

He may be alive or dead - also they are still there even though none of them revealed his identity ^{[if it was a group].} I don't know - I'm not going to make a big deal out of it because the reality is that a lot of people don't want him back because they're afraid of the assets he has in wallets.

Anything related to Satoshi Nakamoto will always be a long debate that will never be resolved at any time.
The true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is still unknown, and there will always be a lot of speculation if there are similar or related questions to Satoshi Nakamoto regarding who he really is.
And as you said, Satoshi Nakamoto's real identity cannot be ascertained, whether he was alone, in a group or something else and it is also unclear whether he or they are still alive or not and no one knows it accurately.