Could this just be the "LAMEST" News?

[crwth]

I saw this on my browser as well. I was surprised, but I immediately ignored it because I didn't think it would be possible unless they had made a signature from one of the addresses that could be Satoshi's. It's impossible otherwise. We all know CW is trying to "be" or claim that he is that, but it's not him.

If this were true, it would be a game changer for the whole crypto community, just because the spreading of Bitcoin has this aspect of mystery surrounding it. I don't think it will help, but maybe we should just give gratitude to the one who created BTC.

[davis196]

If Satoshi should appear all of a sudden, it already partially means good-bye to our dear decentralisation like I explained before, since the government can now have a central body to indirectly control the network.
Secondly there would be an unfriendly shift in bitcoin price and also a general dip in the crypto space since the government would want to take control of the coins he mined ( picture the effect of moving about a million coins on the network)
The bitcoin network would likely experience some changes that may not support discentralization coupled with the fact that Satoshi's appearance may cause vulnerabiliies to appear in bitcoin's protocol.

The things mentioned by you seem more like BS to me.
1.Satoshi Nakamoto doesn't have absolute control over the Bitcoin blockchain.
2.Why would the government(I guess that you refer to the US government) want to seize the 1 million BTC in Satoshi's wallet?
Did Satoshi do anything illegal? I don't remember governments in democratic countries stealing assets from their citizens just because they want to.
3.The potential crash of the Bitcoin price also makes the idea of government confiscation kinda pointless.
4.If the Bitcoin protocol gets changed and Bitcoin becomes more centralized, many Bitcoiners will sell their BTC and leave the community, which also makes the whole idea counterproductive and pointless.

[icalical]

I think most of people who has been long enough in Bitcoin community have been already accepting that the Identity should remain a mystery, and they don't really wants to know who is he. But for general public who only know the Bitcoin from the hype and influencer would really like this kind of content, and IMO that is the target market of this docuseries, I would think this is just for entertainment purpose and would never put much my energy or to think this is a serious journalism.

[Wexnident]

Not really the lamets. Definitely the most overhyped news by them lol. Like the idea of who satoshi is has already been discussed countless of times and I'm pretty sure HBO just capitalized on their name to create a documentary out of it. Honestly speaking as others have already pointed out, nothing big is going to actually happen even if we find out who Satoshi is. Probably other than people attacking him/her/them continuously for that juicy Bitcoin in their wallet. Even if he comes back he certainly can't sway the millions of people who use the network. Satoshi certainly was someone to be praised for creating Bitcoin, doesn't mean people will blindly follow him like a cult.