IMDB page for HBO's upcoming documentary Money Electric: The mystery of Bitcoin — The article claimed to reveal the identity of Bitcoin's pseudonymous inventor, and the secret was quickly exposed. In other words, everyone is actually Satoshi Nakamoto.
IMDB users first changed the documentary's information page to name one of the actors as Nakamoto, opening the door for other users to flock in and turn everyone into Bitcoin (BTC) creators.
This ironic stunt may be a reference to the “We Are All Satoshi” meme, which is gaining more attention ahead of Nakamoto's identity reveal, which was teased in the documentary. .
The IMDB page for the HBO documentary has been edited to say that almost everyone is cast as Satoshi Nakamoto. Source: IMDB
Prior to the documentary's release, Polymarket had at times named American computer scientist Nick Szabo and cryptographer Len Sassaman as top candidates to be named Nakamoto.
In the “Other/Multiple” bet, Satoshi leads the way as the favorite to turn out, with Blockstream CEO Adam Back having the next highest odds at 10.7%.
Mr. Sassaman's share fell to 3.7%, while Mr. Szabo's share fell to 2.1%.
Ahead of the film's release, the favorite is identified as HBO's Satoshi Nakamoto. Source: Polymarket
A leaked documentary clip appears to pin former Bitcoin developer Peter Todd as Satoshi Nakamoto. asked a question Documentary producer Karen Hoback.
Todd's name is not listed as a candidate on Polymarket, and the leaked video appears to have encouraged participants to support the unnamed person on the site.
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Only snippets of the upcoming documentary have been circulated, and it is possible that Mr. Hoback may have traced him to another person believed to be Mr. Nakamoto.
Hoback is best known for identifying the people behind the QAnon conspiracy theory in a previous HBO series.
The HBO documentary is scheduled to air on October 9th at 2am UTC.
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