However, this admission is not necessarily decisive. Todd, who is a vocal supporter of Ukraine and Israel on his X Feed, is known for bringing up the “I’m Satoshi” claim as a show of solidarity with creators’ demands for privacy. In an email to CoinDesk before the documentary’s release, Todd reportedly denied being the founder of Bitcoin, saying, “Of course I’m not Satoshi.”
If Todd is widely accepted as the founder of Bitcoin, the revelation would end more than a decade of speculation about the identity of the man behind the global multibillion-dollar boom in digital currencies. Probably. It also enabled widespread fraud and other illegal activities.
Todd is unknown to enthusiasts of stateless monetary systems. As a long-time Bitcoin Core developer known for publicly communicating with “Satoshi” until his disappearance from crypto forums in 2010, his name has always carried weight in the community. However, he was rarely considered a prime suspect.
“He’s one of the most important Bitcoiners from a technical standpoint,” said Nick Carter, founding partner at Castle Island Ventures, adding that he has known Todd since 2017. “Generally speaking, people consider his views on Bitcoin to be very important.”
Todd, a 39-year-old graduate of Toronto’s Ontario College of Art and Design, would have been 23 when he completed his famous Bitcoin white paper, which first laid out his vision for a decentralized monetary system.
Todd previously said on his podcast that he was around 15 years old when he first started communicating with major crypto influencers known as cypherpunks.
