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Dogecoin Founder May Feel ‘Underwhelmed and Disappointed’ by Satoshi Identity Reveal

Billy Markus, who co-created the original meme-themed cryptocurrency with Jackson Palmer in 2013, recently expressed his thoughts on the forthcoming HBO movie set to premiere next week. The film promises to unveil the true identity of the enigmatic Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.

It’s important to note that Dogecoin was initially launched as a joke on Bitcoin, built on Bitcoin’s code. Markus is playfully known on social media as “Shibetoshi Nakamoto,” a humorous nod to the Bitcoin creator’s pseudonym.

In the meantime, data from Polymarket indicates that users have been speculating on the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, based on the HBO documentary. An impressive 75% of those placing bets believe that Satoshi is Len Sassaman, a noted cryptographer and privacy advocate who, according to reports, tragically took his own life in early 2011—just two months after Satoshi announced he would be moving on to other projects.

Markus, however, seems skeptical about any groundbreaking revelations from the upcoming documentary. The filmmakers have interviewed several individuals, including Adam Back, a well-known cryptographer who had previously communicated with Satoshi during the Bitcoin launch. Back has consistently denied being Satoshi, and Samson Mow, who previously served as CSO at Back’s company Blockstream and is now the CEO of JAN3, also appears in the film. Mow has mentioned that the writing styles differ significantly, yet he notes an intriguing coincidence regarding similar Chinese characters in Satoshi’s name and the word “China.”

Markus has frequently been asked on social media if he is Satoshi, to which he has always responded with sarcasm to dismiss the speculations. Given all these factors, he recently tweeted, “I can’t wait to be underwhelmed and disappointed by the HBO Satoshi documentary.”

Finally, Adam Back reiterated in a recent social media post that Satoshi stopped using his pseudonym in 2011, adding, “No one knows anything, so I think we’ll never know who it was. And that’s a good thing.”

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