Can Satoshi become the richest person on earth in future ?

[john_egbert]

Satoshi was rich when Bitcoin rose from $1 to a high price because he didn't have to do anything and just sat back with his coffee. He doesn't pay any expenses from his Bitcoin while other rich people like Elon still pay taxes. Satoshi only pay the tax on his salary and keeps his Bitcoin there in his wallet.

When Bitcoin soar to the very highest price, Satoshi will become the richest person in the world. But his wealth is in BTC and not fiat and when the world is ready to use Bitcoin as a means of payment, Satoshi will become the richest one among the other richest people.

His place under the sun while he doesn't use BTCs about which we know of is the concrete proof that said BTCs wouldn't be touched, and would be a marker of what Satoshi created and did for the idea and progress, not to be sold off once some target was reached

[abaeze]

Elon Musk, the richest man right now, has around $230–250 billion net worth. so if Satoshi is really holding about 1 million BTC, Bitcoin only needs to hit around $300k for him to take that top spot.

at the current range, it might look far, but honestly it’s not impossible. once Bitcoin reaches that level, Satoshi will automatically become the richest person on earth, even without showing his face.

It may be mathematically possible, but it is difficult to say whether it will happen in reality. Because Elon Musk is the only person in the world whose net worth has touched $500 billion so far. Satoshi's specific amount of worth increases or decreases depending on the price of Bitcoin, but Elon Musk's multi-diversified economy does not depend on one thing.

[LDL]

If the top ten richest people were listed ten years ago, Satoshi would not have had a place, but if we were to list the top ten richest people today, Satoshi would definitely have to be placed in ninth position. So if we move to the 10-year future, we can see that if Bitcoin goes to $200,000, then Satoshi can move into the top five. As the price of Bitcoin increases over time, Satoshi will likely overtake the top billionaires. Where do you think Satoshi would rank if Michael Saylor's prediction was a million dollars? However, with the increasing demand for Bitcoin and the increasing price, one day Satoshi will surely rise to the top of the world's richest people.

[Zoomic]

Satoshi being among the richest people in the world has to show how wealthy passive investment could make one be in the shortest period of time.

If the top ten richest people were listed ten years ago, Satoshi would not have had a place, but if we were to list the top ten richest people today, Satoshi would definitely have to be placed in ninth position. So if we move to the 10-year future, we can see that if Bitcoin goes to $200,000, then Satoshi can move into the top five. As the price of Bitcoin increases over time, Satoshi will likely overtake the top billionaires. Where do you think Satoshi would rank if Michael Saylor's prediction was a million dollars? However, with the increasing demand for Bitcoin and the increasing price, one day Satoshi will surely rise to the top of the world's richest people.

It might not happen now, but provided that bitcoin price keeps going up, Satoshi will keep moving up in the the hierarchy of rich people. I have heard predictions of 1 million dollars, I thought it was a mere speculation by the road side bitcoin analysts, I never knew that a personality like Micheal Saylor also made the prediction.

[Rustam Meraj]

If the top ten richest people were listed ten years ago, Satoshi would not have had a place, but if we were to list the top ten richest people today, Satoshi would definitely have to be placed in ninth position. So if we move to the 10-year future, we can see that if Bitcoin goes to $200,000, then Satoshi can move into the top five. As the price of Bitcoin increases over time, Satoshi will likely overtake the top billionaires. Where do you think Satoshi would rank if Michael Saylor's prediction was a million dollars? However, with the increasing demand for Bitcoin and the increasing price, one day Satoshi will surely rise to the top of the world's richest people.

This interesting idea shows how rich person Satoshi Nakamoto who made Bitcoin could get, just by simply having fixed number of 1 million Bitcoin. Value of this wealth goes up directly with rise in price of Bitcoin. Should Bitcoin get to value of $200,000, Satoshi would be worth around 200 billion dollars, which would place them among top 5 richest people in world, and should price get to the value of $1 million as thought by Michael Saylor, Satoshi would be worth 1 trillion dollars, becoming richest person on Earth. Big chance is because wealth is stored in most limited thing in world, Bitcoin, which gets value simply by demand of world, unlike wealth of other billionaires who have company stock that is tied to their business performance.

[Zigabel]

I was reading a thread here

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5561340.0

and it came to my mind that bitcoin value is increasing at very rapid rate. Is it possible that Satoshi could become the richest person on the earth in future because of huge bitcoin holdings ? Or is the gap already too much ?

Obviously he will certainly become one if the richest by networth of which he already is going by the list I saw feel month's back, he has one of the biggest holdings in Bitcoin and if Bitcoin eventually gets to $500k, sooner he will most likely become the richest man in trillions of dollars.  Even with he currently price of Bitcoin I believe he is amongst top 20 world richest because according to his holdings he is worth some billions of dollars currently.

[Graph001]

I was reading a thread here

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5561340.0

and it came to my mind that bitcoin value is increasing at very rapid rate. Is it possible that Satoshi could become the richest person on the earth in future because of huge bitcoin holdings ? Or is the gap already too much ?

Currently, the use and demand of Bitcoin is increasing, if it continues to increase in the future, then it can be said with certainty that Satoshi can be the richest person in the world. Here we have to think about how much each Bitcoin will be worth at that moment and how much Bitcoin Satoshi will have at that time. There are some other things to note here, which is that our current world will continue to increase in competition with the rate of response, people are moving towards development day by day and are trying to outdo each other. So in my opinion, Satoshi will have to go through a very tough competition to become the richest person in the world.

[Dogedegen]

If it is true that satoshi owns around a million bitcoin then all

It is not true. Nobody has ever provided proof that Satoshi even holds 1000 Bitcoin let alone one million. It is all speculation based on mining data and time. Who is to say that he didn't burn every single key as soon as it received coins? We don't know and people need to stop writing about these things as if there was proof of anything.

If the top ten richest people were listed ten years ago, Satoshi would not have had a place, but if we were to list the top ten richest people today, Satoshi would definitely have to be placed in ninth position. So if we move to the 10-year future, we can see that if Bitcoin goes to $200,000, then Satoshi can move into the top five. As the price of Bitcoin increases over time, Satoshi will likely overtake the top billionaires. Where do you think Satoshi would rank if Michael Saylor's prediction was a million dollars? However, with the increasing demand for Bitcoin and the increasing price, one day Satoshi will surely rise to the top of the world's richest people.

$200k in 10 years? No way, that would be extreme under performance. It is most likely going to be close to a million and more if a big country adopts a real reserve.

Obviously he will certainly become one if the richest by networth of which he already is going by the list I saw feel month's back, he has one of the biggest holdings in Bitcoin and if Bitcoin eventually gets to $500k, sooner he will most likely become the richest man in trillions of dollars.  Even with he currently price of Bitcoin I believe he is amongst top 20 world richest because according to his holdings he is worth some billions of dollars currently.

Not true, stop writing about this like you have proof of it.

[Smack That Ace]

He can actually become the richest person fairly easy, all it will take is the stock market to crash, doesn't even need to crash like the 2008 levels but if the AI bubble finally bursts. All those billionaires market worth will vanish pretty quickly.

Every few months we get a new richest billionaire and its mostly due to the amount of stock they own. Look at Elon Musk or the Oracle CEO. Everything is inflated right now and so are their net worths. If there is a big crash, they net worth will come down with them. Alot of their gains are hanging on a thin thread so to speak. And this is how Satoshi can come out on top. However nobody knows when this will happen. Could be weeks, could be months or could be years like the 2008 crash.

But you forget that bitcoin is also very volatile and is heavily influenced and dependent on the US financial market. That means if the AI ​​bubble bursts, billionaires will lose hundreds of billions of dollars and the stock market will lose trillions of dollars, or even crash or worse, lead to a global recession. I don't think bitcoin is immune and won't get dumped like previous bear cycles.

That means Satoshi's net worth would also drop and he would even fall out of the top 100 richest people if bitcoin lost 80% of its price like in previous bear cycles.

Yeah, because many people think that Satoshi Nakamoto will suddenly become the richest person in the world one day but in reality it is not that simple. A stock market crash can reduce the value of the assets of big billionaires but at the same time Bitcoin is not completely immune to that effect. Whenever there has been a big fall in the US market, the crypto market has also taken a hit. The Covid crash of March 2020 is an example of this. At that time, Bitcoin also fell by about 50 percent along with the stock market.

After all, bitcoin is still a speculative and highly volatile asset, and building a fortune on it is risky and volatile. So we cannot expect Satoshi to become the richest man in the world with bitcoin alone.

I believe we all know that to maintain wealth sustainably, diversification is essential. Meanwhile, billionaires are doing very well, their assets are diversified with other assets such as real estate, gold, not just stocks. Something that Satoshi cannot do at the moment. Therefore, it’s very unlikely that he’ll ever have the chance to become the richest person in the world.

[AmoreJaz]

I was reading a thread here

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5561340.0

and it came to my mind that bitcoin value is increasing at very rapid rate. Is it possible that Satoshi could become the richest person on the earth in future because of huge bitcoin holdings ? Or is the gap already too much ?

Obviously he will certainly become one if the richest by networth of which he already is going by the list I saw feel month's back, he has one of the biggest holdings in Bitcoin and if Bitcoin eventually gets to $500k, sooner he will most likely become the richest man in trillions of dollars.  Even with he currently price of Bitcoin I believe he is amongst top 20 world richest because according to his holdings he is worth some billions of dollars currently.

We don't know the future of btc so we can't assure what will happen next. Sure, he may be one of the richest if in case btc will continue to hit it off in the market. But who knows? And besides, it seemed that he has no intention of going out to the public in the very near future. He maintained his privacy up until now so what's stopping him to disclose himself for the next coming years? So for me, it doesn't matter whether he will be one of the richest or not in the future. Let us just be grateful that he created this market and we are enjoying its benefits one way or another.

[wiss19]

Satoshi will already be one of the wealthiest person on earth if ever he exists. It is believed that satoshi might own around 1 million bitcoins which will be more than $100 billion at the current price. Imagine if the price reaches $1mn in coming few years will make satoshi one of the richest person by increasing his net-worth to more than $1 trillion. But the real question here is, does satoshi really exist or it just a pseudonym for a couple of programmers who developed bitcoins as part of their project?

Whole world will be amazed to meet satoshi in person and even if he is not the richest person, he will still win all our hearts and will be the most respected person of society.

[Dzwaafu11]

Elon Musk, the richest man right now, has around $230–250 billion net worth. so if Satoshi is really holding about 1 million BTC, Bitcoin only needs to hit around $300k for him to take that top spot.

at the current range, it might look far, but honestly it’s not impossible. once Bitcoin reaches that level, Satoshi will automatically become the richest person on earth, even without showing his face.

Can’t say much though, but you know Elon is also still working, and his network will continue increasing too; Bitcoin won’t surpass it overnight though.

Although for us that believe in the future, we are still sure that with time bitcoin will reach such a stage. You are talking about nothing being impossible when it comes to things like this, so definitely it will happen, but it will take time because for us to see Bitcoin in that stage, I think it will take long, but with the way things are going, it will happen. Since Bitcoin is for the future and will continue growing over time.

[DanWalker]

Satoshi will already be one of the wealthiest person on earth if ever he exists. It is believed that satoshi might own around 1 million bitcoins which will be more than $100 billion at the current price. Imagine if the price reaches $1mn in coming few years will make satoshi one of the richest person by increasing his net-worth to more than $1 trillion. But the real question here is, does satoshi really exist or it just a pseudonym for a couple of programmers who developed bitcoins as part of their project?

Whole world will be amazed to meet satoshi in person and even if he is not the richest person, he will still win all our hearts and will be the most respected person of society.

My question is when will Bitcoin hit $1 million? I also believe bitcoin has the potential to reach $1 million but I don't think it will happen in the next 1 or 2 decades. It will take much longer than that and in the meantime, billionaires like Elon will continue to grow their businesses. Their wealth will continue to grow, so I think the prospect of Satoshi becoming the richest person in the world is very unlikely.

But you're right, whether he's one person or a group of people/organization, and even if he's not the richest. He is still the person we respect the most and are grateful to for creating Bitcoin for us.

[atookz]

Perhaps this source will be of some help: https://cointelegraph.com/news/satoshi-nakamoto-11th-richest-billionaire-bitcoin-holdings

As of July 2025, analysts estimate that Satoshi holds approximately 1.096 million BTC, or most of his "wallet-wallete dorman" from the early Bitcoin era that have never been moved. If the current price of Bitcoin is $112,047, that means he has a net worth of approximately $122.9 billion. This makes Satoshi one of the richest people in the world today. Correct me if I'm wrong, this is just my brief opinion.

But what I'm wondering is, does Satoshi still have access to his private keys? Have some keys been lost or unusable? And is Satoshi still active or alive? Because Satoshi has disappeared from public interaction. And if Satoshi sold most of his BTC at once, it would be very difficult not to disrupt the market. This remains a mystery, and it's very interesting to think about.

[kriminall]

Perhaps this source will be of some help: https://cointelegraph.com/news/satoshi-nakamoto-11th-richest-billionaire-bitcoin-holdings

As of July 2025, analysts estimate that Satoshi holds approximately 1.096 million BTC, or most of his "wallet-wallete dorman" from the early Bitcoin era that have never been moved. If the current price of Bitcoin is $112,047, that means he has a net worth of approximately $122.9 billion. This makes Satoshi one of the richest people in the world today. Correct me if I'm wrong, this is just my brief opinion.

But what I'm wondering is, does Satoshi still have access to his private keys? Have some keys been lost or unusable? And is Satoshi still active or alive? Because Satoshi has disappeared from public interaction. And if Satoshi sold most of his BTC at once, it would be very difficult not to disrupt the market. This remains a mystery, and it's very interesting to think about.

The amount we calculated isn't entirely accurate, because if Satoshi were to one day start selling his Bitcoins, he wouldn't be able to sell all of them at the same price. For example, a sale that started at $110,000 might end at $10,000. In this case, the final price wouldn't be as much as you'd calculated. Considering that panic selling will also occur during that period, we could experience a much greater global crash than the one we saw a few days ago. Perhaps that's why Satoshi isn't showing up and causing these Bitcoins to move. I don't think they will move in the coming years either. However, will his Bitcoin holdings one day make him the richest person in the world? I'm absolutely certain he will.

[Hamza2424]

I was reading a thread here

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5561340.0

and it came to my mind that bitcoin value is increasing at very rapid rate. Is it possible that Satoshi could become the richest person on the earth in future because of huge bitcoin holdings ? Or is the gap already too much ?

The richest person on the earth, according to Google is Elon Musk. He has around 342 billion dollars and at the moment, Satoshi Nakamoto's public wallet, which is the only one wallet known to us, has around $124,293,044,398.56, according to Arkham.

So yep you are right at one point he can become the world first richest person just on the basis of how much bitcoin he is holding for example if bitcoin do the 2x from the current amount or let's say 3x the amount will be come $372,879,133,195.68 dollars.

So bro yeah he can become the first richest person, and mark one thing that this is the only wallet that we are aware of, we don't really know how much he has in private besides bitcoins.

[Smartvirus]

and it came to my mind that bitcoin value is increasing at very rapid rate. Is it possible that Satoshi could become the richest person on the earth in future because of huge bitcoin holdings ? Or is the gap already too much ?

If we are to focus on the known,

We might start by saying, no one knows if Satoshi Nakamoto is a male or a female, an individual or a group/ corporation and as such, we can’t really refer to this entity in a singular just yet.

Again, wallets that have been associated with Satoshi Nakamoto haven’t been known to be very active and likely wouldn’t be. That’s to tell you that, the founder wasn’t really concerned about wealth or the glory and fame that is associated with it and so, the founder stayed out of it’s creation and all that has played out for good.

Being the richest, there might be a time but until then, Musk gets that place.

[Just Say]

Maybe time will tell, but we can currently see that Satoshi Nakamoto's wealth is increasing or decreasing automatically, one example of this is that a few days ago, when the price of Bitcoin touched ATH in October, he probably became the ninth richest person in the world but the negative impact on the market is now at work, causing Bitcoin to undergo a huge correction, so it may have fallen from that position.

The future of Bitcoin is still unknown, so if Bitcoin touches a million dollars in the future, maybe Satoshi will be the richest person in the world in the future just by holding the BTC he owns.

[Marvell1]

Maybe time will tell, but we can currently see that Satoshi Nakamoto's wealth is increasing or decreasing automatically, one example of this is that a few days ago, when the price of Bitcoin touched ATH in October, he probably became the ninth richest person in the world but the negative impact on the market is now at work, causing Bitcoin to undergo a huge correction, so it may have fallen from that position.

The future of Bitcoin is still unknown, so if Bitcoin touches a million dollars in the future, maybe Satoshi will be the richest person in the world in the future just by holding the BTC he owns.

This can only happen if the assets of today's top billionaires like Elon, Jeff Bezos or Larry Ellison do not increase. But I doubt it, their wealth is even growing very rapidly thanks to the development of the technology sector.

It's hard to know exactly when bitcoin will hit 1 million and make Satoshi a trillion dollar man. But honestly, I think with the need for AI technology, electric cars and the world moving towards digitalization as it is today. Elon and other billionaires will soon join the $1 trillion club.

[Rubuchi]

Are you referring to bitcoin as satoshi or is it the satoshi in person you are referring to? Because I am wonderingtif the price of bitcoin can be used to know the current net worth of satoshi?