Core developer Peter Todd was revealed as Nakamoto in the documentary shot by Cullen Hoback. Todd, however, denied being Nakamoto in a previous email to CoinDesk.

Peter Todd has gone underground after an HBO documentary named him as the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, whose real identity has long remained a mystery.

Canadian Bitcoin core developer Peter Todd has gone into hiding after being unmasked as Satoshi Nakamoto. Todd has vehemently denied the claims since the documentary

Canadian computer scientist and cryptographer Peter Todd says he has been forced into hiding for fear of his personal safety after an HBO documentary claimed that he is Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.

“They’re on track to becoming the richest person on earth eventually.” Those are the words of Cullen Hoback, creator of a new HBO documentary (“Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery”) which purports to having perhaps uncovered the actual person behind “Satoshi Nakamoto,” creator of bitcoin.

While the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is still more or less unknown, it is believed that Nakamoto owns billions of dollars' worth of Bitcoin.

HBO has hailed cryptographer Peter Todd as the creator of BitCoin, but he has denied the claims that he is the infamous Satoshi Nakamoto.

A new documentary claims to have solved the greatest mystery in cryptocurrency: the true identity of the inventor of Bitcoin.

When Canadian developer Peter Todd found out that a new HBO documentary, Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, was set to identify him as Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, he was mostly just pissed.

Obviously, falsely accusing someone of having tens of billions of dollars puts them at risk from robbery and kidnappings,” Todd told Bloomberg after the documentary aired. “He’s putting my life at risk to promote his movie.