So I’m as against outing Satoshi as anyone. And I have tremendous sympathy for Peter Todd who, Satoshi or not, is now in danger of both physical harm from criminals and frivolous lawsuits from bitcoin haters. I hate to say it, but I think the case made by the HBO documentary for Todd being Satoshi was pretty compelling. And Todd’s on-camera response didn’t help any.

I combed through today’s criticisms of the documentary hoping to read something legitimately discrediting, but so far no one has presented any actual facts that debunk the documentary’s claim that Todd is Satoshi.

Why does it matter if people think Todd is Satoshi? Because Satoshi owns a ton of bitcoin which could rock the market and sentiment if they moved. If Satoshi destroyed all copies of the keys, good on them, but in that case, they should have burned them instead so that we all knew without a doubt that those coins could never move again. If Satoshi didn’t destroy the keys, I really hope they burn most of their coins for the sake of us all.