Satoshi isn't actually the world's 12th richest person—not even close. That ranking is just a number game based on a wallet balance that's been sitting completely untouched. It's basically theoretical wealth locked in a digital vault that may as well not exist. The richest ghost ever, holding Bitcoin that'll probably never move. A lot of people get confused about this, thinking early miners are automatically mega-wealthy based on their holdings, but net worth means nothing when the coins never enter circulation. Satoshi's situation is the perfect example of how crypto wealth on paper doesn't translate to real-world financial power.