An HBO documentary dubbed “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery” will soon try to answer the longstanding question of Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity. And as its debut approaches, the hype has been heightened by a bevy of on-chain speculation, according to director Cullen Hoback.

“Polymarket turned ‘Money Electric’ into a sporting event,” Hoback told Decrypt in a statement Monday. “Even I’m refreshing the betting pool to see how high the total volume gets.”

Wallets linked to Bitcoin’s creator still hold 1.1 million BTC, representing a $67 billion question hanging over the crypto industry since the pseudonymous Satoshi’s disappearance in 2011. On the crypto prediction market platform Polymarket, the mystery has gained its own financial stakes, with over $6.3 million in total bets made so far.

While Len Sassaman had been the leading outcome on Polymarket for days, his odds whipsawed Monday. Sassaman’s chances of being identified as Satoshi plummeted as low as 6% as other names pulled ahead, further bouncing around until landing in second place with a nearly 17% chance as of this writing.

As Sassaman’s odds

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Author: André Beganski