Todd has expressed concerns about the documentary, stating that such claims could expose him to potential dangers like robbery or kidnapping, because Nakamoto has over $64 billion worth of Bitcoin at its current valuation.
This is something that always strikes me, every time the media decides some random person is “Satoshi” - they’re risking that person’s life with their (often lazy) speculation.
To be fair, if someone accused me of being “Satoshi Nakamoto,” that would be my immediate objection as well, even though I think, unlike this guy, that Bitcoin should die in a fire.
The speculation is that “Satoshi” is either dead or has lost access to those bitcoins. Given the nature of bitcoin and whoever is behind them, those seem the most likely explanations.
Other reporters have, though. (Somewhat absurdly.) I recollect one guy got a lot of press about potentially being “Satoshi” who had never publicly been involved in cryptocurrency at all. The accusation seemed pretty arbitrary, but it got in newspapers.
