"Today, at current prices, that pile of coins is worth somewhere over a hundred billion dollar. It would make Satoshi one of the wealthiest people on the planet. And those coins are sitting in known Bitcoin addresses on the public blockchain, traceable by literally anyone. And in 15 years, not a single one has ever moved. Not one."
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… Now, here's the part that gets me. When Satoshi walked away in April of 2011, those coins were worth almost nothing. Bitcoin was trading for a couple of dollars at the time. He didn't walk away from a fortune. He walked away from a project. The fortune came later. As Bitcoin grew, those coins became worth thousands, then millions, then billions. Today, at current prices, that pile of coins is worth somewhere over a hundred billion dollar. It would make Satoshi one of the wealthiest people on the planet. And those coins are sitting in known Bitcoin addresses on the public blockchain, traceable by literally anyone. And in 15 years, not a single one has ever moved. Not one. So Satoshi has had access to what is now 9, 10, 11 figures of personal wealth. He has never touched any of it. Never spent it. Never sold a single coin. Never even moved it to a different address. Just left it there frozen. As if to say this was never about the money. He said it with the first 50 coins in the Genesis block. And he said it every da …