Polymarket thinks the new HBO documentary surrounding the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto will identify the pseudonymous creator as Len Sassaman.
The mystery behind Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder has lived on over a decade and a half since the blockchain’s launch. Satoshi Nakamoto never identified himself when communicating with other cryptography and cypherpunk enthusiasts before, through, and after the rollout of the first-ever blockchain.
So elusive is his identity that HBO is set to release a documentary titled “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery,” which revolves around the likely person behind Nakamoto’s pseudonymous persona. In fact, the documentary’s producers have claimed to figure out who the Bitcoin founder is (or was) in real life.
While the documentary is out October 8, Polymarket, the decentralized predictions market, has a contract up titled ‘Who will HBO doc identify as Satoshi?’ The platform’s users have given the late computer privacy expert Len Sassaman 45% odds.
Source: Polymarket
Circumstantial Evidence Shows Uncanny Resemblances Between the Two Cryptographers
The evidence behind Sassaman being Nakamoto has been presented and spoken about for years now. For instance, linguistics analysis shows Sassaman and Nakamoto communicated similarly in the online realm, blending elements from British English with European references and more. Furthermore, Sassaman passed away two months after Nakamoto posted for the last time online. The $64 billion worth of BTC Nakamoto has in their wallet has never moved.
These pointers have convinced many that Sassaman was, in fact, Satoshi Nakamoto. However, his widow, Meredith L Patterson, has claimed that he was not Bitcoin’s creator, as many believe. “It’s a very well-researched and respectful article, but to the best of my knowledge, Len was not Satoshi,” Patterson said about an article authored by Evan Hatch about Sassaman being Satoshi. “Worth reading for the history and the conclusions about mental health, though.”
Sassaman’s death at just 31 years of age took the cypherpunk community by shock. In his honor, a memorial was engraved on Bitcoin’s 138725th block.
In an interview with the documentary’s director, the Emmy-nominated Collen Hoback, published on Fast Company, he mentioned, “I think we make a hell of a case in the film, and I think that who we land on is unexpected and is going to result in a fair amount of controversy.” Without revealing the identity the documentary locks in on, he added, “I think that people are going to debate it regardless of how strong of a case we made, and that’s fine.” He also mentioned that the team found more evidence than what is included in the documentary.
