• @9point6
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      248 hours ago

      He potentially has billions of dollars in bitcoin

      Bad people do bad things for big sums of money

      • Bob Robertson IX
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        67 hours ago

        But … there are other billionaires out there who are not going into hiding because they are billionaires.

        • @NotMyOldRedditName
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          54 hours ago

          Other billionaires also have security. The accused people who aren’t really Satoshi likely don’t have the means to properly protect themselves the same way.

        • @[email protected]
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          85 hours ago

          Satoshi could liquidate 4.76% of all the bitcoins that will ever exist, that would wipe the crypto market and potentially bring the stock market along for a very bumpy ride, wipe a ton of money in pension funds and so on.

          The fact that one person owns that much Bitcoin should worry anyone who is invested in it.

        • @[email protected]
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          76 hours ago

          Yes but having billions in Bitcoin more closely resembles having billions in cash than billions in stocks / other assets which are harder to steal and get away with.

          • @[email protected]
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            76 hours ago

            Ironically, that’s the kind of “issue” you need trustworthy banks for. The thing crypto was meant to replace. But none of the crypto exchanges that exist are trustworthy enough

            • @Sabin10
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              153 minutes ago

              I still don’t understand why crypto exchanges exist is an unregulated, decentralized currency, wouldn’t an exchange remove part of those benefits?