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HBO's upcoming documentary (Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery) will dig into the mystery of Bitcoin founder "Satoshi Nakamoto" and it is rumored that the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto will be revealed.
Related bets also appeared on the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket. Participating gamblers believed that American cryptographer Len Sassaman had the highest probability of being revealed as Satoshi Nakamoto.
In addition to Sassaman's contacts with early Bitcoin developers, the year of his death was also the same as the year of Satoshi Nakamoto's disappearance, which aroused suspicion.
Polymarket opens bet on "Who is most likely to be Satoshi Nakamoto"
HBO's upcoming documentary (Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery) is directed by director Cullen Hoback, who has exposed QAnon in another HBO production (QAnon: The Conspiracy Storm) Origin, and many people believe that the film (Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery) will reveal the true identity of "Satoshi Nakamoto".
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As the mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto has once again sparked discussion, the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket has also opened a betting market, and participating gamblers believe that there is a 43% chance that American cryptographer Len Sassaman will be exposed. For Satoshi Nakamoto.
Others on the list of bettors include developers Hal Finney and Paul Le Roux, as well as blockchain technology company Blockstream CEO Adam. Adam Back et al.
Who is the most popular Ryan Sassaman?
Sassaman is a cryptographer dedicated to privacy protection and decentralized technology development, and has created the email anonymization tool Mixmaster.
According to (Crypto.news) reports, Sassaman has a close relationship with Hal Finney, an early developer of Bitcoin, and Finney was also the first person to receive Satoshi Nakamoto’s first Bitcoin transfer.
Foreign media (Cointelegraph) pointed out that Sassaman had suffered from depression since he was a teenager and committed suicide in 2011. He was only 31 years old at the time. Corresponding to the footsteps of Satoshi Nakamoto, he published the white paper that laid the foundation for Bitcoin in 2008, and after sending his last email in 2011, he announced that he would "turn to other matters" and then there was no news.
This timing led many people to believe that Sasaman was Satoshi Nakamoto, and some conspiracy theorists even speculated that Sasaman may have chosen to commit suicide to protect his privacy and true identity. However, Sassaman's widow Meredith Patterson issued a statement as early as 2021, stating that her husband was not Satoshi Nakamoto.
Although a large number of users are betting on Sassaman, most people believe that this documentary may not reveal the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. It is said that if the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is really revealed, it may bring risks to the market. Currently, wallets related to Satoshi Nakamoto still hold about 1.1 million Bitcoins. Based on the current market value, this asset is as high as 67 billion US dollars. .
In the event that Satoshi Nakamoto is confirmed to still be alive, the potential trading or sale of these Bitcoins may trigger significant panic in the market.
However, exposing the mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto may just be part of the film studio's propaganda. Even so, the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is still one of the most concerning issues for all people in the currency circle. After the film is officially released, I believe it will be discussed again.
Source: Cointelegraph, Crypto.News, Crypto Times
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