BitCoin has become popular with neo-Nazis and the alt-right because they believe banks are part of a worldwide Jewish consipracy, and—as a decentralized anonymous cryptocurrency—by using BitCoin, they're sticking it to The Man. (This much is, sadly, non-fiction.) Technothriller plot #1 assumes that Satoshi Nakamoto is a mildly autistic American cypherpunk of Jewish ethnicity. Due to a "Breaking Bad" style medical mis-hap he's had to sell a couple of coins to cover his medical expenses ... and now he's on the run, pursued by angry neo-Nazis who want to steal his wallet, kill the Jew, and reclaim bit-coin for the Alt-Reich. a) Variant: Satoshi Nakamoto is George Soros.

Nakamoto is being hunted by rival CIA, KGB, Mossad, and Chinese assassination squads who want his BtC wallet (because one meeelion bitcoins, Mr Bond). a) Variant: "Nakamoto" is a false cover identity for a CIA, KGB, Mossad, or Chinese spy operation (aimed at infiltrating and co-opting illegal black markets by subverting their currency arrangement); they are now being hunted by (insert rival conspiracy here).

Nakamoto is an alien scout trying to destroy the human global economy to lay the groundwork for the arrival of the alien invasion fleet. a) Variant: Nakamoto is trying to seize control of the "black" economy (those goods and services for which massive demand exists but where supply is illegal) in order to gain blackmail leverage in preparation for the arrival of the alien invasion fleet.

Nakamoto is a time-travelling agent from our fully automated luxury gay space communism future, trying to expedite the crisis of capitalism. Nakamoto is being hunted by (insert rival conspiracy here). a) Variant: Nakamoto is a time-travelling Objectivist terrorist on the run from our fully automated luxury gay space communism future, trying to expedite the triumph of capitalism in an attempt to prevent that future. b) Variant: Satoshi Nakamoto is Sarah Connor. BtC mining will eventually consume all planetary electricity supplies, thereby causing a worldwide blackout, which will prevent Skynet from going live. c) Variant: Satoshi Nakamoto is The Terminator. Skynet needs her BtC wallet in order to pay the electricity bill. d) Variant: Satoshi Nakamoto is a time traveller from the past: specifically, Adolf Hitler, who escaped from his bunker and invented BitCoin in order to fund a revived Nazi movement. (File this one in the folder "Plots that rely on Hitler being Satan in disguise.") e) Nakamoto is Doctor Who, the Daleks are Space Nazis, and they nuked Gallifrey because of the trans-temporal intergalactic Jewish banking conspiracy. (Time Lords are Jewish. This makes as much sense as anything else on Doctor Who, OK?)

Nakamoto is dead and his wallet and keys are at large on a 1Gb USB memory stick backup from 2009. The memory stick is thus a MacGuffin with a street value of roughly $19Bn, except that if you try to monetize it the CIA drones will probably kill you before the KGB Spetsnaz squad abducts you or agents of the international Jewish banking conspiracy offer you an annuity. a) Variant: Nakamoto is missing presumed dead, with amnesia, and his memory stick has gone walk-about. However, Nakamoto is the sole survivor of the CIA false flag operation that invented Bitcoin in order to take down the (insert one of: drug cartels, Vatican bank, Dr. Evil), and he's determined to get his memories back. In other words, Satoshi Nakamoto is Jason Bourne.