FX168 Financial News Agency (Asia Pacific) reported that HBO's new documentary "Electronic Currency: The Mystery of Bitcoin" was broadcast on Tuesday (October 8), revealing the true identity of Bitcoin's father Satoshi Nakamoto, who is likely to be Canadian software developer Peter Todd, denying the Nick Szabo theory proposed by billionaire Musk. #Bitcoin Latest News#
Bloomberg reported that HBO's 100-minute new documentary was released on Tuesday, interviewing people who were originally involved in Bitcoin development, including Todd, long-term Satoshi candidate Adam Back, investor Roger Ver and Bitcoin marketer Samson Mow.
Source: Bloomberg
Producer Cullen Hoback used indirect evidence such as posts on early Bitcoin forums to determine that Todd might be Satoshi Nakamoto.
"It seems like you had such a deep insight into Bitcoin at the time?" Hoback asked Todd at the end of the documentary. "Well, yes, I am Satoshi Nakamoto," Todd replied.
This is the main reason why HBO determined that Todd was Satoshi Nakamoto:
But when confronted, Todd shrugged and called the suggestion "ridiculous." Like several people in the documentary, Todd said at one point "I am Satoshi," but seemed to laugh off the idea.
Since Bitcoin launched in January 2009, people have speculated about who Satoshi Nakamoto is, whether it is an individual or a group.
Since then, Bitcoin has quickly become mainstream, appearing on the books of companies such as MicroStrategy Inc., a U.S. public company, and becoming part of U.S. exchange-traded funds that hold billions of dollars worth of tokens.
Over the years, various publications have suggested that Nakamoto could be a variety of people.
In 2014, Newsweek claimed he was physicist Dorian Nakamoto, but he denied the claim. In 2015, the New York Times pointed the finger at computer scientist Nick Szabo, and Musk has also proposed his theory that Szabo is Satoshi Nakamoto.
Australian Craig Wright claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto until a British judge ruled that he was not the creator of Bitcoin.
Todd is listed as an applied cryptography consultant on developer platform GitHub, which says he is based in Toronto. He is reportedly the "chief dissenter" of Bitcoin security provider Coinkite, chief scientist of anonymous wallet service Dark Wallet and chief scientist of the Mastercoin project.
He graduated from Ontario University of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Media in 2011, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The Bitcoin white paper was released in 2008 and the Bitcoin network went live in 2009. For many years, Todd has been considered a possible candidate for Satoshi Nakamoto.
Although Satoshi Nakamoto has disappeared since 2011, he or he is still important. Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet contains about 1 million Bitcoins, worth about $62.4 billion at current prices.
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