Dan on Nostr: If you were Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous "designer" of Bitcoin, you would be a ...

If you were Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous "designer" of Bitcoin, you would be a pretty smart person or group. You would be a 5th+ order effect thinker, like a great chess player. You may had even had the aid of very power computers. You would know how your protocol might spread. Your would anticipate the various enemies as well as their probable attack vectors. You would be very aware of the enormity of your endeavor.
All this points to the real probable reason for the retaining of the 1.1 million Bitcoin. I suspect it was retained for potential, tactical, defensive, or awfensive moves. There are many possible scenarios where control of 1.1 million Bitcoin would be advantageous.