The IMDB page for HBO’s upcoming documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery — which claims to reveal the identity of Bitcoin’s pseudonymous inventor — has blown the secret early: Everyone is Satoshi Nakamoto.
An IMDB user first changed the documentary’s information page to name someone in the cast as Nakamoto, opening the gate for other users to pile in to change everyone to be the Bitcoin (BTC) creator.
The tongue-in-cheek stunt could reference the “We Are All Satoshi” meme, which gained attention ahead of the supposed reveal of Nakamoto’s identity teased for the documentary.
The IMDB page for HBO’s documentary was edited to change almost everyone to say they appear as Satoshi Nakamoto. Source: IMDB
In the lead-up to the documentary’s reveal, Polymarket bettors sometimes placed American computer scientist Nick Szabo and cryptographer Len Sassaman as the frontrunners.
The bets for “Other/multiple” then took the lead as the favorite to be revealed as Satoshi, with Blockstream CEO Adam Back having the following highest odds at 10.7%
Sassaman dropped to 3.7%, and Szabo was at 2.1%.
Favorites to be identified as HBO’s Satoshi Nakamoto before the film’s release. Source: Polymarket
Before it aired, the leaked clips of the documentary appeared to focus on former Bitcoin developer Peter Todd, who questioned the methods of the documentary’s producer, Cullen Hoback.
When it aired, Hoback’s documentary claimed Todd was Nakamoto, pointing to supposed evidence linking the 39-year-old Canadian developer to the pseudonym.
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Todd was not listed as a possibility on Polymarket.
Hoback is best known for identifying the person behind the QAnon conspiracy theory in an earlier series for HBO.
HBO’s documentary aired at 2:00 am UTC on Oct. 9.
Update (Oct. 9, 5:00 am UTC): This article has been updated to add that HBO’s documentary pointed to Peter Todd as Satoshi Nakamoto.