HBO is releasing a documentary that promises to reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
Previous attempts to unmask the creator of Bitcoin have resulted in failures.
Some believe Len Sassaman could be Satoshi Nakamoto.
Previous attempts to unmask the creator of Bitcoin have resulted in failures.
Some believe Len Sassaman could be Satoshi Nakamoto.
HBO (WBD) is releasing a documentary, Money Electric: The Mystery of Bitcoin, with the claim that it will reveal the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin (BTC).
The documentary will be directed by investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback, known for unmasking the leader of the QAnon conspiracy theory as 8kun site administrator Ron Watkins in a 2021 HBO documentary series. (Watkins has denied being Q, but two separate linguistic studies found that he was, after taking up the mantle of South African programmer Paul Furber. If Hoback really does have the investigative chops to uncover Satoshi’s true identity, it would put to rest a mystery as old as Bitcoin.
Previous Failures in Finding Satoshi Nakamoto
But previous attempts by investigative journalists to find Satoshi’s true identity have failed. In 2014, Newsweek journalist Leah McGrath Goodman published a story called “The Face Behind Bitcoin,” identifying a California-based Japanese-American man named Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto as the creator of Bitcoin.
But Dorian Nakamoto denied ever hearing of Bitcoin and He categorically denied being its creator. Goodman's story was later completely debunked by other journalists.
Craig Wright and his false claim to be Satoshi
The following year, the technology publication WIRED published an article (now extensively updated) suggesting that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright could be the inventor of Bitcoin.
