PANews reported on October 26 that according to Decrypt, Bitcoin core developer Peter Todd was recently identified as the anonymous Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto in a new HBO documentary. Although Peter Todd has vigorously denied these accusations both in front of and behind the camera, he said on Friday that being publicly known as a mysterious genius with $74.4 billion worth of Bitcoin forced him to take further steps to defend himself. "I took some security measures." "But it's not a good idea to publicly say what I did. It's better to keep the bad guys guessing."

However, the early Bitcoin contributor added that he is certainly not in hiding, nor is he hiding as a recent report in Wired magazine suggested. In fact, Todd attended the Bitcoin conference in Lugano, Switzerland today, where he unveiled a statue honoring Satoshi Nakamoto, and said he plans to speak at five other events around the world in the coming weeks.