[latchkey]

"Satoshi" is missing and that is part of the allure of BTC since it started from nothing. No premine, no vc investment, no corporate backing.

That said, there is an early wallet that is attributed to Satoshi with a giant amount of early mined BTC in it. If it ever moves, people will flip out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto

"Nakamoto owns between 750,000 and 1,100,000 bitcoin. As of November 2021, that puts his net worth at up to 73 billion US dollars, which would make him the 15th richest person in the world.[21]"

[toyg]

It would be like knowing that 5% of all gold ever mined is hidden somewhere.

[pavel_lishin]

Stephenson's Cryptonomicon feels weirdly more and more prescient every day.