Cryptographer Peter Todd has denied he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, as claimed in a HBO documentary, saying he thinks the director cares more about making a profit than finding out the real identity.
A new HBO documentary has identified Peter Todd, a Canadian developer, as the elusive creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. Filmmaker Cullen Hoback, known for his award-winning work, claims to have unearthed compelling evidence pointing to Todd’s involvement in the creation of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.
Hoback’s documentary, Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, has interviews with several prominent figures in the cryptocurrency community and trawls through old internet posts to support the claim. In one scene, Hoback confronts Todd with his findings, to which Todd seemingly confesses, “Well, yeah, I’m Satoshi Nakamoto.”
However, the documentary acknowledges that this statement should not be interpreted as a definitive…
