HBO has revealed who Satoshi Nakamoto, the man behind the cryptocurrency, really is.
On Tuesday, the HBO documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery debuted, in which HBO named the real person behind Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto.
Award-winning filmmaker Cullen Hoback’s doc, after a comprehensive study of the available evidence, concluded that Nakamoto was actually Peter Todd, a Canadian developer and blockchain programmer. The only catch is that Todd himself finds the assumption completely absurd.
“Cullen is wrong. I’m not Satoshi. The truth is that Cullen is grasping at straws. There were probably hundreds, if not thousands, of people who had the skills to create Bitcoin in 2008. Unless Satoshi decides to reveal his identity, he probably we’ll never know who he really is.”
Todd said MarketWatchin his statement to
The mystery surrounding Satoshi’s identity has always been an integral part of Bitcoin’s history. Over the years, several people have claimed to be the founders of cryptocurrency. One of them was the Australian computer scientist Craig Wright, although the court eventually decided that he could not be Nakamoto. Many consider the hyper-secret cryptocurrency expert, Nick Szabo is considered the intellectual father of Bitcoinbut ultimately this is just an assumption.
Incidentally, the documentary not only deals with the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, but also with the integration of cryptocurrencies into the global financial system, as well as with the possibilities inherent in this, so it can be especially exciting for those interested in the topic; the On the surface of Max can now be viewed.
Source: www.pcwplus.hu
