Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“A new documentary claims to have solved the greatest mystery in cryptocurrency: the true identity of the inventor of Bitcoin. The question has captivated the internet since the digital currency was launched by an unknown person or persons calling themselves Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. Now the makers of an HBO film say they finally have the answer: Canadian crypto expert Peter Todd. But Mr Todd has dismissed it as ‘ludicrous’ and criticised the documentary. In ‘Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery’, Peter Todd is confronted by film-maker Cullen Hoback. Mr Hoback shows him his evidence and asks him if he was behind the now trillion dollar invention – a suggestion Mr Todd laughs off. ‘I am not Satoshi Nakamoto’, he told the BBC. The intrigue around Satoshi is not just due to the mystery of their identity, but because of the enormous wealth they have accumulated. If they still had control of their bitcoin wallet, it would be worth around $69bn today – meaning Satoshi would be around the 20th richest person in the world.” (10/09/24)