<snip> But he doesn't have the private keys. If he did he would have proved he was Satoshi long ago.
In your opinion (and anyone else who wants to add their 2c worth), do you think that Satoshi's private keys will ever be recovered? (assuming he is not around any more).
* My apologies if this is a topic that has been done to death. Bitcoin is just a hobby for me, I run a business which takes up most of my time and attention, I'm on holidays at the moment which means i've had more time to read this thread. I only resurrected my account in the past few months because of the price rise.
I'm a firm believer - but I don't have anywhere near the amount of time that most of the posters here seem to have to dedicate to all the history/mythology/speculation/theorising etc etc.