Renowned documentary producer Cullen Hoback’s new documentary “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery” was officially released on HBO and Max on Tuesday. It claims that former Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd is actually the inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. However, the arguments presented in the documentary are too far-fetched, not only being discredited by the Bitcoin community, but also personally denied by Peter Todd himself.
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In the documentary, Cullen Hoback claims to have seen Satoshi Nakamoto in person, and points to Peter Todd as the real identity of “Satoshi Nakamoto”. This statement is surprising, as the popular prediction platform Polymarket did not previously include Peter Todd as a popular candidate, with others such as Nick Szabo, Len Sassaman, Adam Back, and Hal Finney being the frontrunners.
Peter Todd, 39, is an early Bitcoin Core developer and cryptography consultant who has been involved in Bitcoin since its early stages, particularly making significant contributions in the areas of security and privacy. He was one of the few people to openly communicate with Satoshi Nakamoto regarding the Bitcoin code and its functionality before Nakamoto disappeared in 2011. This has led documentary producer Cullen Hoback to conclude that Peter Todd may be Satoshi Nakamoto.
In addition, the documentary did not provide concrete evidence to prove that Todd is Satoshi Nakamoto. The key evidence presented was that after Satoshi Nakamoto posted on the Bitcointalk forum, it appeared that the account switched to Peter Todd to respond. However, Peter Todd clarified that he was only correcting Satoshi Nakamoto’s post and did not switch accounts.
In response to the accusations in the HBO documentary, Peter Todd has strongly denied them, stating that the accusations are unfounded and criticizing Cullen Hoback for adopting QAnon-style conspiracy thinking.
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