The documentary named the creator of bitcoin, but he just laughed at the claim

Virtual currency the creator of bitcoin is a man named Peter Toddclaims a recent documentary.

The identity of the currency’s inventor has been one of the great mysteries of the Internet age. Now In Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery –the new documentary names Canadian Todd, known as a cryptocurrency expert, as the inventor.

In the documentary, Todd bursts into laughter when he hears the claim and calls it “absurd”. In Finland, the documentary was released on the paid Max streaming service on Wednesday.

Bitcoin the inventor has previously been referred to as “Satoshi Nakamoto”, but this is believed to be a pseudonym.

“Of course I’m not Satoshi,” Todd messaged the cryptocurrency follower to the Coindesk website.

He criticizes the director of the documentary Cullen Hobackiaknown before the QAnon conspiracy theory from the rotten document.

“It’s ironic that a director known for the QAnon documentary has drifted into QAnon-type, coincidence-based conspiracy thinking on this issue.”

Bitcoin is perhaps the most famous virtual currency. It was introduced in 2009.

The number of bitcoins is limited to a maximum of 21 million, and they can be “mined” with the computing power of computers. One of the central values ​​of currency arises from its limited quantity.

The identity of the inventor of the whole thing is of interest to many because he is known to be extremely wealthy. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC Translated into dollars, “Satoshi’s” bitcoin assets could be 69 billion, or about 63 billion euros.

Another money angle is also connected to the speculation: tens of millions of dollars were bet online on the content of the documentary.

Todd is not the first named as the inventor of currency. Over the years, several experts in the IT field, including a billionaire, have been guessed as the creator About Elon Musk since.

Todd made fun of the claims about him on the messaging service X:

“I guess I have to run for president now or something.”