Cullen Hoback

Sassaman’s odds tanked after the HBO documentary’s producer said he confronted who he thinks is Satoshi Nakamoto, likely ruling out Sassaman, who passed in 2011.

American computer scientist Nick Szabo is now the frontrunner on Polymarket to be named Satoshi Nakamoto in HBO’s upcoming documentary that claims to name Bitcon’s creator, overtaking cryptographer Len Sassaman.

Polymarket betters have put 27.9% odds of Szabo, inventor of the failed crypto network Bit Gold, as the one HBO’s Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery will name as Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, followed by Sassaman at 14% then Blockstream CEO Adam Back at 4.3%

Sassaman initially led with as high as 68% odds shortly after the betting platform opened the market on Oct. 4.

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