A story you don’t expect. An HBO documentary, a quiet night in Canada, and boom—Peter Todd finds himself accused of being the father of Bitcoin. Yes, him—Satoshi Nakamoto.

It all began when a friend sent him a link to the documentary “Moneta Elettronica: Il Mistero di Bitcoin”. Karen Hobek, the director, had carried out in-depth research and reached a conclusion: Peter Todd could be the anonymous creator of Bitcoin. Her “chain of evidence” included Todd’s technical background, the fact that his father was an economist, early contributions to the Bitcoin community. Even his age—when Satoshi published the Bitcoin (white paper), Todd was only 23 and already showed extraordinary abilities.

Peter Todd’s name made the news around the world within days.

The backlash didn’t take long. Todd went straight to social media: “I am absolutely not Satoshi Nakamoto. This documentary is irresponsible and has dragged my life into baseless conspiracy theories.” He was clearly furious. He pointed out that Hobek’s conclusion is based on coincidences, not on concrete facts. The crucial detail the documentary ignored? Todd wasn’t even part of Bitcoin’s first development team.

But the thing that really worried him was far more serious. Publicly indicating that someone possesses huge amounts of Bitcoin—we’re talking about 1,1 milioni of coins—is like putting a target on their back. Cryptocurrency developers have been attacked by hackers, kidnapped. Peter Todd’s personal security was now at risk.

This isn’t the first time someone has been accused of being Satoshi. Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, the Japanese-American, and Craig Wright, the Australian entrepreneur, have already gone through the media chaos. But Peter Todd was different—he had never been on the list of suspects before. That made him even more vulnerable when the documentary brought him into the spotlight.

The following weeks were surreal. Todd’s social media filled up with messages. Some truly believed he was Satoshi, while others accused him of hiding the truth. Even calls from unknown numbers. But Todd kept doing what he always did: writing code, optimizing Bitcoin security, studying criptografia (cryptography).

In an interview, he said something meaningful: “What interests me is the development of technology, not these conspiracy theories.”

Over time, the media noise died down. Peter Todd returned to his quiet life, to his world of code and research. The mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto remains unsolved, and perhaps that’s exactly what Satoshi wanted. In his first message on the forum (Satoshi Nakamoto (forum)), he wrote: “Bitcoin is not the work of a single person; it belongs to everyone.” And Peter Todd is just one of the many people who built this world.