Peter Todd was an early figure in Bitcoin, claiming he took an interest in it at 15 years old and is a core contributor to the blockchain today.
HBO’s documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery named Peter Todd as Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator — Satoshi Nakamoto.
The 39-year-old Canadian Bitcoin core developer is known for his longtime contributions as a Bitcoin (BTC) core developer, a consultant and a developer on other crypto and blockchain software.
Todd has denied being Nakamoto both before the documentary’s debut and after it aired, bluntly posting on X, “I’m not Satoshi.”
BitMEX Research said in an Oct. 8 X post that some of the evidence presented in the documentary pointing to Todd being Nakamoto was “clearly ridiculous,” and there was “zero reason” to believe it.
