Author: Inna Golovacheva, crypto-detective searching for traces of Satoshi in blocks and bytes.

🕵️ Did Satoshi die or just cash out into USDT?

This is a question that haunts the crypto world like a shadow in the blockchain: where did Satoshi Nakamoto go and why are his wallets silent?

Is he alive? Dead? Or just went offline, buying a farm in South America and putting everything into stablecoins?

👤 Who is Satoshi and did he even exist?

Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym. The legendary creator of Bitcoin. In January 2009, he launched the first node, mined the first block, and became the first miner. Since then, he has communicated in emails and on forums (bitcointalk), disappeared in 2011 with the last message: "I’ve moved on to other things". No one has seen him since. Not a single photo. Not a single call to a podcast. Not a single NFT.

🧊 Arguments for the fact that he is dead.

1. The wallets are silent.

Satoshi's wallets hold about 1.1 million BTC. That's about $70 billion. And not a single satoshi has moved from them.

2. From 2014 to 2020, hundreds of fakes appeared, but none were able to sign a message with his key.

3. Some believe it could have been Hal Finney, a cryptographer and the first recipient of BTC. He died in 2014, but even his wife dismissed the speculation.

4. Too clean of a disappearance. Even for a paranoid like Satoshi, it's strange not to reach out even once in 14 years.

💼 Arguments for the fact that he simply left.

1. He wanted decentralization.

Satoshi has written many times that he does not want to be the face of Bitcoin. His departure is a way not to interfere with the ecosystem's development.

2. He could have changed his identity.

Using Tor and crypto-anonymity, he could have simply "reincarnated" under a new nickname.

3. Cold storage and security. Perhaps he has activation mechanisms only in case of "death". Meanwhile, everything is stored in steel safes under a Swiss rock.

4. What if it was a group?

Then someone among them could be alive and simply silent now.

📉 Why does it matter if he is alive or not?

As long as Satoshi's wallets are untouched, the market remains calm, but if even 1 BTC "wakes up" from them, it could cause panic: people will think Satoshi has returned to sell... It's almost like a "second coming". Only instead of grace - a dump and liquidations.

🧠 Conclusion.

Whether Satoshi is dead or just cashed out into USDT, we will not know until one of his addresses says: "Hi. I'm back. Let's talk". Until then, he remains a crypto-God: unseen, mysterious, and with $70 billion under his pillow.

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