Yes, exactly. People are yelling fraud. I'm also very skeptical, but the following is not a correct deduction: "he didn't move any original Bitcoin" -> "he's a scam artist".
I remember a TV reality-type show in which people took their heirlooms to be assessed for auction. One woman had what she thought was a priceless Stradivarius violin. The appraiser took one look at it and immediately said it was a fraud. The violin was stamped "Made in China" somewhere inside. The guy says to her, "Strads are not made in China -- you've been scammed."
A funny thought occurred to me at that moment. Suppose that for some unfathomable reason, you stamped your Strad with the words "Made in China". Now, everyone calls you a fraud without a second look. Why would you do something so dumb? Maybe you were trying to make your treasured violin less tempting for thieves, maybe you were trying to hide its value from the tax authorities, maybe you forget to take your meds and were acting irrationally that day.
Interesting - this story came up last time I read a thread about Satoshi on HN. Here's my reply to it:
The appraiser did not do his work properly - after all, anyone can place a sticker on a Strad, but that doesn't make it any less of a Strad. It's also a poor analogy to use in the current situation. Multiple people did appraisals of Wright's claims and his show with Gavin Anderson, and found it lacking. They also noted the "Made in China" stamps - all the gotchas along the way - but they were only part of the analysis.
that's how I read it, maybe he is or isn't Satoshi, but he just wanted to be left alone. It was fun being Satoshi for a while, but then the whole circus became overwhelming so he stepped out of it. An extreme introvert maybe, or he really believed it was better that the mystery of Satoshi remained. Maybe we'll never know.
I remember a TV reality-type show in which people took their heirlooms to be assessed for auction. One woman had what she thought was a priceless Stradivarius violin. The appraiser took one look at it and immediately said it was a fraud. The violin was stamped "Made in China" somewhere inside. The guy says to her, "Strads are not made in China -- you've been scammed."
A funny thought occurred to me at that moment. Suppose that for some unfathomable reason, you stamped your Strad with the words "Made in China". Now, everyone calls you a fraud without a second look. Why would you do something so dumb? Maybe you were trying to make your treasured violin less tempting for thieves, maybe you were trying to hide its value from the tax authorities, maybe you forget to take your meds and were acting irrationally that day.