On February 17, 2025, the documentary film “In Search of Satoshi : The Mysterious Creator of Bitcoin." It promised to reveal the identity of the founder of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto.
The channel said in a statement that the fun, journalistic, "gonzo-like" project aims to establish who the legendary actor really was. Satoshi Nakamoto.
Executive producer Will Anderson added that the investigative journalism has evolved from a manhunt for a specific person into a surreal journey in search of a possible conspiracy by a group of powerful Silicon Valley figures aimed at undermining democracy and financial freedom.
The Channel 4 documentary will initially be released on YouTube as five 20-minute clips. Once presented on YouTube, the clips will be combined into a full-length documentary, which is scheduled to premiere on television in early March.
It should be noted that last year the premiere of a documentary film about Satoshi Nakamoto from the HBO platform. Its authors said that one of the developers was hiding behind the pseudonym Bitcoin Core Peter Todd, who later denied that he created Bitcoin and sued HBO.
