con artist.
that's an unacceptable risk for CSW, even if he was the biggest fraud on earth. especially considering the degree to which he's taken this. the only explanation here is that either he is Satoshi, or he knows the real Satoshi is dead. how would he know that? well, if we look at CSW's Dunbar circle, the ONLY one who could possibly be Satoshi is Dave. thus , our focus should shift to the possibility that Dave was Satoshi. imo, that's highly unlikely. first, if you look at the emails between the two, CSW was always the dictator of events. Dave showed plenty of deference and some would say tolerance towards not only the technicals of what CSW said but also his ramblings /whining. CSW was clearly the leader in that relationship. second, look at the lifestyle and accomplishment differences between the two. Dave was basically destitute. a poor vet stuck in a wheelchair with poor health regularly going to his local VA hospital. I can tell you from experience that vets attending those types of hospitals are not wealthy. you almost feel sorry for them. he seemed to have addictions, probably alcohol, maybe drugs. certainly, though, an accomplished computer scientist with a keen mind, but not at CSW's level. the poor guy ends up dying at his bedside in his own vomit (and likely feces), in a wheelchair, with a gun on his bedside, in a small house, which apparently his own brother would never visit. otoh, you have CSW living The Life comparatively. wealthy, married, engaged in multiple entrepreneurial activities, lecturing, going to school, educating himself, moving plenty of fiat money around the world (maybe btc), wearing suits all the time, filing patents, etc etc. maybe not your anarchistic description of what you want Satoshi to be but undeniably a much more prosperous lifestyle than Dave. which I argue you'd expect the real Satoshi to have, given all that btc he owns . why would he put all that at risk by losing it all to go to prison if the real Satoshi were lurking out there ready to drop the Damocle's sword? doesn't make much sense to me unless Dave was the real Satoshi. thus, our attention should shift to Dave being Satoshi. highly unlikely.
, 
