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I bet everything he has ever done including the Bitcoin Whitepaper has been analysed very precisely. Satoshi must be an expert in hiding.

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> Satoshi must be an expert in hiding.

There are allegations that Satoshi may have accidentally slipped up and leaked IP address that was not a Tor exit-node or other anonymous-proxy.

Could either be Satoshi fucking up and not using Tor all the time (has happened to other 'anonymous' entities) or perhaps they needed a clearnet connection for some reason and managed to use another internet connection not attached to any identifiers that would lead back to them despite that.

he's dead.

One point in favour of that theory is he has billions of dollars in bitcoin and has never attempted to spend any of it. Or maybe has lost the keys.

Two of the top candidates for Satoshi are known to have died as well: Hal Finney and Len Sassaman.

If he or she were dead, but their writing and code is extant, presumably they could still be identified.

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