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Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by wallace_f on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:06PM (#15803880)
Why would Satoshi's life be at risk?
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by Torn on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:11PM (#15803915)
It's theorised they have ~1m bitcoins, at 10k each that's a 10 billion net-worth.

Presumably that's enough for people to want to hunt them down and coerce them into giving up private keys

https://bitslog.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/the-well-deserved-f...

Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by acchow on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:27PM (#15804016)
There are plenty of billionaires in the world. Are they kidnapped with great frequency?
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by lojack on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:56PM (#15804164)
Much easier to steal a private key than liquidate a billion dollars from many banks and other illiquid sources. Especially when most of those transactions can be reversed, or otherwise raise immediate red flags.
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by meowface on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @10:14PM (#15804248)
But if you have his private key you still need to convert the Bitcoins. This isn't easy to do anonymously, as can be seen with Alexander Vinnik's arrest. If someone actually robbed Satoshi and let him live, he'd probably alert the world and the wallet would be watched like a hawk. And even if he's dead or unaware of the theft, a lot of people will notice of Satoshi's Bitcoins start being transferred.
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by atomicnumber1 on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:51AM (#15805117)
Yes. But, it'd difficult to liquidate and spend bitcoins too without scrutiny.
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by Tuxer on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:49PM (#15804136)
None of their wealth is solely controllable by a private key and 24 words.
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by alexbeloi on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @10:09PM (#15804226)
Their billions are liquid and can be used to buy protection (secluded homes, private transportation), Satoshi's aren't (in so far as he hasn't liquidated them).
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by freeloop3 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:32PM (#15804042)
Why not hunt down Jeff Bezos then? And coerece his relatives to buy bitcoin and give it to them?
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by sillysaurus3 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:09PM (#15803903)
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by giarc on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:34PM (#15804058)
Wait - is that user in any relation to this Luka Magnotta? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Magnotta)
Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 by wallace_f on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @11:33PM (#15804599)
Jesus Christ, that is a psychopath.

"During the video, the 1987 New Order song "True Faith"

He must have liked American Psycho

What was his motive? The Wikipedia doesn't seem to say