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Unmasking Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Again

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Peter Todd is accused on camera of being Satoshi Nakamoto , the Bitcoin creator, whose identity has remained a mystery for 15 years .

A new HBO documentary, Money Electric : The Bitcoin Mystery , confronts Todd with the theory that he is Satoshi .

The hunt for Bitcoin ’s creator has yielded a broad cast of Satoshis over the years .

Todd has conceded to having previously tried to develop a technology similar to Bitcoin , before Satoshi beat him to it.

In their 2008 white paper, released in the shadow of a global financial meltdown, Satoshi sketched a vision for a new electronic cash and peer-to-peer payment system.

In January 2009 , they sent the first bitcoin transaction.

A little more than two years later , they vanished from public view, leaving behind a pot of bitcoin.

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54

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42

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80

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semi-formal

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English

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51

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short-lived

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