Early Bitcoin developer Peter Todd denies he's Satoshi hours before HBO documentary debut

Early Bitcoin developer Peter Todd has denied that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the flagship token, CoinDesk reported. This took place just hours prior to the premiere of "Money Electric: the Bitcoin Mystery," a Satoshi Nakamoto documentary from HBO that appears to claim Todd as the creator of Bitcoin. In an email to CoinDesk, Todd noted that filmmaker Cullen Hoback is "grasping at straws" if he identifies Todd as Satoshi. Hoback is well-known for identifying the person behind the QAnon conspiracy theory in an earlier series for HBO. "It's ironic that a director who is also known for a documentary on QAnon has resorted to QAnon style coincidence-based conspiracy thinking here too," Todd argued. In addition, Todd joined crypto project Viacoin (VIA) as Chief Scientist in 2014, and the value of the VIA token is currently approaching zero.