IF Satoshi Nakamoto appears, what will happen?
The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains the biggest mystery of Bitcoin.
And that very disappearance is what has allowed Bitcoin to survive to this day.
But what if one day Satoshi really shows up?
The first reaction will surely be a strong market fluctuation.
Not just selling BTC, even just confirming the identity would be enough to cause price volatility.
Hundreds of billions of dollars will disappear from the market.
Because everyone knows Satoshi holds more than 1 million BTC – a figure that makes the market cautious.
The bigger issue is not the price, but trust.
Bitcoin was created to have no "owner".
If Satoshi appears, Bitcoin in the eyes of many will no longer be completely ownerless, even though the code and the network remain unchanged.
Then there’s the legal aspect.
The government will not overlook an individual (or a group of individuals) who created a monetary system outside of control for nearly 20 years.
Taxes, investigations, regulations… all could come crashing down.
In essence, Bitcoin still runs normally:
21 million BTC remains fixed
Miners continue to mine
Nodes continue to validate
The existence of Bitcoin does not depend on Satoshi
It has long surpassed its creator.
Perhaps that is why Satoshi not appearing is the best scenario.
Because sometimes, for a system to be truly decentralized,
the creator must completely disappear .
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