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RE: John McAfee says he knows who Satoshi is...
Yes that is very possible, though with the amount of bitcoins in there and the know-how that the original creators possessed when it comes to all things crypto, one could assume that the owner of those keys is more likely to be dead than those keys being "lost". At least that is the narrative that fits the most amount of facts to me. Though, anything is possible. Heck they could have burned the keys on purpose, though if that was the plan why not cap the total at 20 million instead of 21 million to start with?!
Technological know-how doesn't preclude loss of data. I don't even know how many hard drives have failed on me over the years...including backups...and backups of backups. Of course, if you have that much bitcoin, you can certainly always buy another hard drive or tape or whatever to backup your backups.
My point being that much of the lost bitcoin was due to carelessness as well as people not really knowing what they were doing or taking the proper precautions. One might assume the original creators would know what they need to do to not lose their coins...
Yeah. But even Elon Musk reportedly lost his keys to his bitcoin...and some people for some reason think he could be Satoshi...dunno why...
My point was just that shit happens. Over years, you can possibly lose your keys, even with an abundance of caution.
Of course you could, but if I were to put my money on it, I would bet they didn't "lose" the keys to that wallet...
Yeah, no matter who has them, they're probably held in a trust by now. I just hope whoever's in charge of that trust isn't an idiot and causes another crypto crash when they eventually sell some.
No, I think the owner of that wallet passed away. I think it was Dave Kleiman. Which would explain why it hasn't been used, even when it was worth billions.