Who’s Satoshi? This is what the internet claims just before HBO will reveal his identity

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Last Updated on 8 October 2024 by CryptoTips.eu

This week the new documentary series by Cullen Hoback (who also exposed the ‘probable’ identity of QAnon a few years ago), starts on HBO. The topic this time is the identity of Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.

Of course, before HBO starts the series, the internet already has an opinion. You can follow who most crypto fans think it is on several US websites already. Results vary daily.

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A large portion of Internet users think that Len Sassaman (aka Leonard Harris “Len” Sassaman) is the most likely candidate to be Satoshi Nakamoto.

The now deceased Sassaman worked as a crypto enthusiast with the team that developed Bitcoin and the timing of his death (by suicide) coincides with the last message we received from Satoshi.

Bettors put the odds at about 40% that he will be unmasked as the most likely candidate to be Satoshi by the end of the series. However, as Len is no longer among the living, we will never know if it’s true.

Next on the list is Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, who around 11% of all bettors think could be Satoshi. Back was one of the first two people to receive an email from Satoshi before the Bitcoin whitepaper was formally published.

Back is clearly visible in the trailer of ‘Money Electric’, Hoback’s documentary.

Another candidate, the late American software developer Hal Finney, who was one of the first to receive a Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi, received 3% of the total bets.

Please note that all of this is not certain of course, because the number of Internet users who think that we will not find out who Satoshi is this year is still much larger than those who think that Hoback’s documentary will be right.

The mystery will probably live on for a while (unless someone cashes out 1 million Bitcoins all of a sudden).

Jeroen Kok

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