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Guy Identified by HBO Film as Bitcoin Inventor: Nope, Not Me

Canadian Peter Todd denies being person who created the cryptocurrency

(Newser) - The creator of an HBO documentary that began streaming on Tuesday had promised to shed light on one of the biggest mysteries in cryptocurrency—the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym for the unknown inventor of bitcoin. Now that Cullen Hoback's Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery is officially...

Documentary Promises to Reveal Bitcoin Mystery

Soon-to-stream HBO film sets off much speculation in world of crypto

(Newser) - An HBO documentary that begins streaming on Tuesday promises to resolve one of the biggest mysteries in the world of cryptocurrency—the creator of bitcoin. Emmy-winning filmmaker Cullen Hoback tells CNN he and his team not only discovered the true identity of the person—or persons—known by the pseudonym...

Going on Trial: An Enduring Bitcoin Mystery

Craig Wright has long claimed to be creator 'Satoshi Nakamoto,' but court could settle the debate

(Newser) - One of the enduring mysteries of the cryptocurrency industry took center stage Tuesday in a London court where a trial could finally settle the debate over the identity of bitcoin's founder, the AP reports. Australian computer scientist Craig Wright entered the witness box at the High Court and testified...

Blogger: Each Mac Carries Hidden Bitcoin Manifesto

A tech blogger says Satoshi Nakamoto's original BTC white paper can be found in Macs dating from 2018

(Newser) - Tech blogger Andy Baio recently made a mysterious discovery while trying to fix his printer: Satoshi Nakamoto's 2008 Bitcoin white paper. In a blog post at Waxy.org , Baio writes that it appears as though the paper has been hidden as a PDF in "every copy of macOS...

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He May Be a Financial Titan Like No Other

Cryptocurrency giant Vitalik Buterin, who eschews power and riches, is profiled in 'Time'

(Newser) - Bitcoin is the king of cryptocurrency, and its founder is thought to be a mysterious figure who goes by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto . Ether is the second-biggest cryptocurrency, but less mystery surrounds its founder: Meet 28-year-old Vitalik Buterin, subject of a lengthy, fascinating interview and profile at Time . He...

'Tremendous Victory' for Man Who Says He Invented Bitcoin

Business partner's family said Craig Wright owed them half of $50B fortune

(Newser) - Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions. A Florida jury found that Wright did not...

Bitcoin's Shadowy Creator Reveals Himself—Maybe

Craig Wright comes forward as the real Satoshi Nakamoto

(Newser) - An Australian computer scientist and entrepreneur has come forward to reveal himself as the long-unidentified founder of Bitcoin. For those who follow such things, the name will be familiar: It's Craig Wright, the man Wired magazine identified as the all-but-certain creator of the digital currency last year. Now Wright...

Is This Guy the Shadowy Founder of Bitcoin?

Craig Wright claims the honor in leaked emails: 'Wired'

(Newser) - Wired says it has uncovered "the strongest evidence yet of Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity." Nakamoto, the alias for the creator of Bitcoin, has never been unmasked publicly, but Wired's Andy Greenberg and Gwern Branwen name Australian Craig Wright, 44, as the most likely candidate. "...

Nakamoto Lawyers Up: I'm Not the 'Father of Bitcoin'

His statement will be the last he says on the matter

(Newser) - Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto is serious about making sure no one thinks he's the " father of bitcoin ": The California 64-year-old has now hired a law firm to "clear my name," he says in a statement released last night. "I did not create, invent, or otherwise...

Bitcoin 'Founder': I've Never Heard of Bitcoin

Satoshi Nakamoto says he's never had anything to do with currency

(Newser) - The man "unmasked" as the founder of bitcoin by Newsweek says he'd never even heard of the virtual currency until reporters tracked his son down a couple of weeks ago. In an exclusive interview with the AP , Dorian Nakamoto—also known as Satoshi Nakamoto—says many of the...

Reporter Unmasks the 'Father of Bitcoin'

Leah McGrath Goodman: Satoshi Nakamoto is ... 64-year-old Satoshi Nakamoto

(Newser) - Satoshi Nakamoto: It's the name of the "father of Bitcoin," and it's been rumored to be everything from a pseudonym to a cipher. According to investigative journalist Leah McGrath Goodman, Satoshi Nakamoto is ... Satoshi Nakamoto, a 64-year-old Japanese-American man with an estimated $400 million Bitcoin fortune...

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