People want to unravel who the real Satoshi Nakamoto, is and any news about it becomes overated because media houses and influencers needs traffic. This is not the first time that somebody is being alleged to be Satoshi and this latest one about Epstein, being Satoshi, won't be the last. Since there is no proof that he is Satoshi or a part of the foundational team I don't see why it has become a big deal to force him into being a part of Bitcoin creation. Maybe we should start to regard every big holders of Bitcoin at the early stage as the real Satoshi. If the real Satoshi ever decides to unveil himself I don't think that any drama will happen, he will simply show us a concrete proofs but I hope he continues to remain anonymous.
Anyone who claims to be Satoshi knows what he would do to proof that his claims are true. Until then, all of these are impostors who are simply seeking attention. In the case of Epstein, people are using it as a negative campaign against Bitcoin. There are even doctored emails on social media which cliams that Epstein invented Bitcoin. They want to use his criminal reputation to attack Bitcoin.
This connection is because he donated thousands of dollars to MIT’s Digital Currency project and invested in Coinbase earlier.