Umm, he obviously does. Money, fame and influence over future bitcoin decisions.
Imagine your Satoshi and you need cash for some reason. Reveal your identity and immediately get a bunch of offers for book deals and speaking engagements. You run into career problems, reveal who you are and you can probably snag a position as a Google fellow.
More concerned about your legacy or some crypto-anarachist vision? Revealing yourself could help you influence both the public policy debate on encryption and bitcoin's future (speaking engagements offer more influence than some signed messages on a mailing list).
Finally, what about credit for your contribution. Being known to your friends and family.
Sure, he may still want to remain anonymous but to suggest there isn't the temptation to go public is silly
Imagine your Satoshi and you need cash for some reason. Reveal your identity and immediately get a bunch of offers for book deals and speaking engagements. You run into career problems, reveal who you are and you can probably snag a position as a Google fellow.
More concerned about your legacy or some crypto-anarachist vision? Revealing yourself could help you influence both the public policy debate on encryption and bitcoin's future (speaking engagements offer more influence than some signed messages on a mailing list).
Finally, what about credit for your contribution. Being known to your friends and family.
Sure, he may still want to remain anonymous but to suggest there isn't the temptation to go public is silly