Cryptocurrencies
HBO Documentary Suggests Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Developer Peter Todd
- Todd denies the suggestions made in film: ‘I’m not Satoshi’
- Anonymous creator of Bitcoin hasn’t been heard from for years
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A new HBO documentary about the origins of Bitcoin suggests that Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the original cryptocurrency, is likely Canadian software developer Peter Todd.
Called Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, the 100-minute film by Cullen Hoback that premiered on Tuesday features interviews with a handful of people who’d been involved with the crypto project from early on, including long-time Satoshi candidate Adam Back, investor Roger Ver, Bitcoin marketer Samson Mow and Todd. In an email to Bloomberg, Todd denied that he was the creator of Bitcoin: “Cullen is wrong. I’m not Satoshi.”