Len Sassaman to Be Unveiled as Satoshi Nakamoto, Polymarket Bettors Predict
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A majority of Polymarket bettors are predicting that a prominent technologist who passed away in 2011 will be revealed as the anonymous Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, in HBO’s upcoming documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, set to premiere on October 8.
According to a recent Polymarket poll, 51% of voters believe Sassaman, an American technologist who died in 2011, could be the anonymous Bitcoin founder.
HBO's new documentary claims it will identify the creator of Bitcoin.
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Sassaman, a prominent figure in the cypherpunk community and a member of the Internet Engineering Task Force, published several cryptography works that fueled theories about his connection to the creation of Bitcoin.
Other contenders for the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto include Californian software developer Hal Finney, who was among the earliest Bitcoin users before passing away in 2014 due to ALS complications.
A small number of bets have also gone to computer scientist Nick Szabo, Blockstream CEO Adam Back, systems engineer Dorian Nakamoto, and programmer and cartel boss Paul Le Roux.
While 42% of voters back Sassaman as the most likely candidate, 27% think the Bitcoin inventor could be someone else entirely or even a small group of people.
Excitement is building as the crypto community anticipates the October 8 premiere of HBO’s Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, a documentary that may finally unveil the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
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