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Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery HBO documentary poster investigating the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto
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Documentary · 2024 · released

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery

100 min United States HBO / Max; availability varies by territory

Filmmaker Cullen Hoback follows a globe-spanning investigation into Bitcoin's origins and the identity of its pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The film combines interviews with early Bitcoin contributors, archival clues and a wider question about who controls the power and wealth attached to Bitcoin.

Cast

Cullen Hoback Samson Mow Ricardo Salinas Pliego Adam Back Rachel-Rose O'Leary Amir Taaki Roger Ver Nouriel Roubini Peter Todd Nick Szabo Michelle Phan Andrew Yang Philip Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia Milojko Spajic Vitalik Buterin Jack Dorsey Gavin Andresen

Stills

Official trailer frame from Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery
HBO — official trailer
Director
Cullen Hoback
Writer
Cullen Hoback
Producer
Cullen Hoback, Alina Solodnikova, Jessie Deeter, Scott Holroyd
Executive producer
Adam McKay, Todd Schulman, Cullen Hoback, Taylor Jones, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen
Cast
Cullen Hoback, Samson Mow, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Adam Back, Rachel-Rose O'Leary, Amir Taaki, Roger Ver, Nouriel Roubini, Peter Todd, Nick Szabo, Michelle Phan, Andrew Yang, Philip Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia, Milojko Spajic, Vitalik Buterin, Jack Dorsey, Gavin Andresen
Studio
HBO Documentary Films; Hyrax Films; HyperObject Industries; Hello Pictures
Country
United States
Runtime
100 min
Where to watch
HBO / Max; availability varies by territory

The Bitcoin angle

Bitcoin is both the subject and the evidence trail: Hoback examines the protocol's cypherpunk beginnings, its rise into global finance and the mystery of who created it. The film advances a theory that Peter Todd may be Satoshi; Todd has denied the claim, so the conclusion remains contested rather than established fact.

Screenings and festivals

  • HBO and Max release — October 8, 2024

Trailer

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Official links

Sources

HBO / Warner Bros. Discovery — synopsis and production creditsHBO Max — official watch pageIMDb — runtime, country and credited participantsIMDb — full cast and crewCNN — Peter Todd's response to the film's claim