The highly anticipated HBO documentary, which has piqued the interest of the cryptocurrency community since its trailer drop, aired Tuesday night and named Peter Todd as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
What happened: The documentary covered Bitcoin’s roots and introduced various figures from the early days of its development, eventually locking in on the Bitcoin core developer.
In anticipation of the reveal, meme coins referencing the cryptocurrency’s purported inventors gained popularity, several of which tanked after Todd was identified as Satoshi.
Coins inspired by late computer scientist Len Sassaman, who was briefly cryptocurrency bettors’ favorite, …
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