The only scenario wherein Craig Wright could actually be Satoshi is if Satoshi had burned his bridges -- in the process of abandoning the Satoshi identity, he had deleted all cryptographic evidence of the identity; all private keys and credentials for online accounts. In that case, if he later (now) decided to assert the identity, then he might be tempted to cobble together fake proof to get his foot in the door far…
People have suggested it's possible that the real Satoshi could have destroyed or not kept the original private key, or it belongs with one of the other, now deceased team members. Is there anything to gain by not admitting to it if this were the case? Even if a message were to be signed with the original key, people suggest that it would still not be proof as it could have been stolen or extorted. It seems there is…
Re: I’m Sorry
#121The Satoshi coins can be publicly destroyed so they will never be spent. Transfer them all to an address like 1BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB. This is much more trustworthy than leaving it in doubt whether the coins can ever be recovered or not.