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Who Is Peter Todd, The Man Named By HBO As Bitcoin’s Mystery Creator Satoshi Nakamoto?
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Peter Todd, a bitcoin core developer since 2010, has been named by HBO documentary filmmaker Cullen Hoback as the possible real-world identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto published the bitcoin white paper in 2008, and if they control the estimated 1.1 million bitcoins, they would be worth nearly $70 billion. Todd, who is Canadian and started contributing to bitcoin's code in 2012, denies being Satoshi and claims Hoback's theory is unfounded. Todd was involved in the bitcoin blocksize war from 2015 to 2017, advocating for maintaining the 1 megabyte limit. He founded OpenTimestamps and worked on projects like Counterparty and zcash. In 2019, he faced allegations of sexual misconduct, leading to a defamation suit in 2020.
#Bitcoin #SatoshiNakamoto #PeterTodd #Hbo #Cryptocurrency #Blockchain #Opentimestamps #Defamation #SexualMisconduct #BlocksizeWar
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/08/who-is-peter-todd-the-man-named-by-hbo-as-bitcoins-mystery-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/
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Peter Todd, a bitcoin core developer since 2010, has been named by HBO documentary filmmaker Cullen Hoback as the possible real-world identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto published the bitcoin white paper in 2008, and if they control the estimated 1.1 million bitcoins, they would be worth nearly $70 billion. Todd, who is Canadian and started contributing to bitcoin's code in 2012, denies being Satoshi and claims Hoback's theory is unfounded. Todd was involved in the bitcoin blocksize war from 2015 to 2017, advocating for maintaining the 1 megabyte limit. He founded OpenTimestamps and worked on projects like Counterparty and zcash. In 2019, he faced allegations of sexual misconduct, leading to a defamation suit in 2020.
#Bitcoin #SatoshiNakamoto #PeterTodd #Hbo #Cryptocurrency #Blockchain #Opentimestamps #Defamation #SexualMisconduct #BlocksizeWar
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/08/who-is-peter-todd-the-man-named-by-hbo-as-bitcoins-mystery-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/