[notsoanonynous]

And what would they find?

The hardest investigation to defend against is the rubber hose investigation. Gotta give them what they want, without them even suspecting you could be that mysterious founder. The only way people suspect you’re someone is if your k is small, eg how many people could be Satoshi?

If you’re efficient, you can retire the mysterious founder identity and simply have multiple “early adopter” addresses that generated rewards early, among actual adopters. Make an exit from your projects as early as you can after they gain momentum with the wider crowd.

There is no way to stop people from starting open source projects, accruing the early rewards and then selling those rewards to others in a decentralized exchange or async OTC deal. If every country worldwide ever closes down all such anonymous mechanisms (maybe by 2050) and makes register in order to sell your rewards, you simply sell your private keys to the wallet in an async OTC deal. The buyer will have to trust that you won’t move the money after they register the address and before they move it.