Was bitcoin’s mysterious creator a Canadian? A new HBO documentary says yes (maybe) [Video]

In the 15 years since bitcoin was first created, no one has been able to crack one mystery: the true identity of the creator, known only as Satoshi Nakamoto. 

Now, a new HBO documentary has opened the case files again to point the finger at a new candidate: Canadian crypto expert and software developer Peter Todd. 

But Todd has laughed off the theory, calling it “ludicrous” in the documentary. And considering the long history of failed attempts to find Satoshi’s identity, HBO’s attempt may just be another on a long list. 

Todd, 39, is one of several figures from the bitcoin world featured in the documentary Money Electric: The bitcoin Mystery. In the roughly 100-minute feature, filmmaker Cullen Hoback speaks to bitcoin personalities, investors and programmers involved in the early development of the cryptocurrency, including Blockstream CEO Adam Back, whose name has often been tossed around as a Satoshi possibility.