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> This is Satoshi we're talking about

I'm used to cult of personality on HN, but cult of anonymity is a novel thing! Who is Satoshi, and why do you put so much trust in them? What if I told you that "Satoshi" was brilliant quant working on Wall St., who came up with a scheme to invent an asset, give it incredible unreasonable value, then cash out for that value in USD, all while spinning a clever narrative about decentralized cryptocurrency for a new world?

If that were true it would be even more impressive.

Yes. I suppose we could try a game of making Satoshi look bad. Anything except for sex and murder, go...

True, to a degree, but day-to-day living still requires normal currency. Cash out $1M USD and you'd be comfortable to do whatever you liked for quite some time, while still keeping 99% of his coins.

I think there may have been an element of sarcasm in the GP.

Alternatively, sell half your remaining BTC every time they double in value relative to the USD. Infinite money!

Someone cashed out $1 million overnight. Dundundun!

that's some powerful delusion.