Peter Todd denies being Satoshi Nakamoto after HBO documentary

• Movie director Cullen Hoback factors to Peter Todd because the inventor of Bitcoin
• Hoback depends on a 2010 net discussion board publish during which Todd responded to one in all Satoshi's posts
• Todd factors out that Satoshi is “similar to everybody else”

The newest HBO documentary named Bitcoin core developer Peter Todd as Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin.

“Cash Electrical: The Bitcoin Thriller,” directed by Cullen Hoback, explores the origins of Bitcoin and a few of its key figures. Utilizing outdated and new leads, Hoback confronts Todd and Blockstream founder Adam Again with the proof, in keeping with a report from Politico.

When confronted with Hoback's query through the documentary's finale, Todd mentioned, “Yeah, I'm Satoshi Nakamoto.” Nonetheless, that is removed from a confession, as Todd additionally mentioned that he’s Craig Wright.

Hoback's reasoning for Todd being the creator of Bitcoin lies in a 2010 net discussion board publish during which Todd responded to one in all Satoshi's posts. In accordance with Hoback, Todd's publish is a continuation of Satoshi's, which was mistakenly despatched from Todd's account, not Satoshi's.

The movie director gave one other clue during which Todd wrote in a weblog publish that he’s “in all probability the world's main professional” on make a Bitcoin sacrifice, including that he had “made one such sacrifice.” In accordance with Hoback, this was an admission that Todd had sacrificed his potential to entry Bitcoin.

Not a confession

Todd's confession is in no way concrete proof that the Canadian developer is the inventor of the cryptocurrency.

Todd is well-known for saying the phrase “I’m Satoshi”, In truth, throughout a 2019 interview on “What Bitcoin Did” with podcast host Peter McCormack, Todd mentioned, “I’m Satoshi, similar to everybody else.

Previous to the discharge of the doc, Todd denied being Satoshi after it was posted on-line. Following its launch, Todd once more took to social media to disclaim being Satoshi after somebody known as him out and wrote, “I'm not Satoshi.”

In the course of the documentary, Todd informed Hoback after presenting his principle, “It's going to be a whole lot of enjoyable to place it in a documentary and have a bunch of bitcoiners watch it.”

Jameson Lopp, co-founder of bitcoin firm Casa, wrote on X that “wherever Satoshi is, I wish to assume they're laughing at this newest spherical of craziness.”