Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)
<i>EDIT: Please explain in the comments - because I seriously do not understand that - why on earth you are downvoting this!? You're advocating something cruel. WTF? What is the problem about saying "leave a person alone who apparently WANTS to be left alone?". You're advocating stalking.</i><p>The people who trying to figure out who Satoshi is and make it public should realize this:<p>What they're effectively doing is trying to completely destroy someone's life just for them having written a piece of software.<p>Because then everyone will assume (<i>EDIT: not *know*, see the comments</i>) that the person is insanely rich. And beyond the glorification of being rich everyone forgets what it actually means:<p>You're a prisoner of your money.<p>Want to go to a pub and have a beer? Not possible, you might get kidnapped or at least harassed by paparazzi.<p>Want to go outside for a walk? Same as above.<p>Want friends? Nope, how are you gonna find them if you cannot go outside? How can you trust anyone? Maybe they just want your money?<p>Of course, the rich can mingle among each other. But this very much limits your possible circle of social contacts, and there's no law of nature which says that someone like Sathoshi might even <i>want</i> to be friends with Justin Bieber etc., or vice versa.<p>Hobbies? Only those you can do alone.<p>Want a girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse? See above.<p>Also as a bonus a large portion of the public will HATE you, no matter what you do. Just see how much HN hates crypto.<p>You might get tortured for money, lynched or whatever cruel imagination you can come up with. Enough people know you = anything is possible.<p>Satoshi apparently wants to be left alone so you should do just that.<p>They gave you a software for free which spawned a whole industry, they don't deserve to be harassed for that. If you don't like it then don't use it, but don't destroy the developer's life. Nobody forces you to use it - and even if someone did then go harass them, not the developer.