[VMG]

You're right, all crypto-currencies should be treated equally.

But your flawed reasoning regarding the significance of Satoshi Nakamoto's identity is the reason they chose to be anonymous.

Just for the sake of argument, assume that it is Hal Finney. What now?

[downer87]

If it was Hal Finney, then we'd actually know who it was. There would be a degree of closure.

Without that closure, there's a mysterious gaping black hole that only adds to all the other uncertainties that come naturally with a new frontier like crypto-currency.

If we can't answer fundamental questions about the bandwagon we're expected to jump on, worse yet, when we're told that we shouldn't even ask, then it is correct to be suspicious about the motivations of those who might herd us, and toward what ends they might march us into.

[VMG]

> There would be a degree of closure.

There would be relentless questioning of him, his views and his motivations.