They are not the same. Satoshi is a person or a group of people. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that was released to the world on a public blockchain. This argument is not based in reality.

It's a fair argument, surely? The only place they have any power is the on off ramps. If they're not used and the money is moved around from person to person, address to address, it becomes quickly impossible to know who has what.

Funny that people *still* don't understand the difference between anonymity and privacy And btw we DO know Satoshis addresses and transaction history because Bitcoin isnt private