Peter Todd, who appeared in the HBO film Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery" was named the creator of Bitcoin, went underground. interview The programmer told the WIRED portal that he was very afraid for his life.
According to him, the director of the documentary about Satoshi Nakamoto Cullen Hubback wanted to attract attention to himself and his studio, which he certainly succeeded in doing. However, the release of the film turned the developer's life into a nightmare.
He noted that he agreed to filming only because he assumed that the story would be about the creation of Bitcoin, what it is, and not about an attempt to expose Nakamoto's identity.
Todd stressed that Satoshi didn't want to be found, and there were reasons for that, and he himself was never the creator of the first cryptocurrency. Now he has to constantly fear robbery or kidnapping.
There may be people who believed that he created Bitcoin and has the largest stock of cryptocurrency. It is highly likely that they will try to get information on how to get them by any means, the programmer said.
Todd is planning to sue HBO to force the film's director to publicly deny that he is the legendary actor. Satoshi Nakamoto.
