“Finding Satoshi”—How a Private Investigator Solved the Mystery of Bitcoin’s Creator Bill Cohan & Tyler Maroney

Spoiler alert: This episode contains spoilers for the documentary Finding Satoshi. Bill Cohan and Tyler Maroney unpack their new documentary Finding Satoshi, a four-year investigation into the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. They explore why Satoshi’s identity still matters, the cypherpunk roots of Bitcoin, the public interest behind the mystery, and what the search reveals about privacy, money, power, and the mythology at the heart of crypto. ------ 🔎 FINDING SATOSHI | USE CODE: BANKLESS (20% OFF) 🎬 DEBRIEF | RYAN & DAVID BREAKDOWN THE EPSIODE ------ 🔮POLYMARKET | PREDICTION MARKET 🟦 COINBASE ONE | GET 20% OFF 🧭OKX | TRADE, EARN, PAY 🦊 METAMASK | DOWNLOAD NOW 🌐BRIX | EMERGING MARKET YIELD 💰NEXO | Get your 30-day access to Wealth Club Premier ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:17 Did We Find Him? 6:32 Why Find Satoshi? 11:54 Why OGs Didn’t Care 14:57 How Hard was the Investigation? 18:20 Talking to the Early Cypherpunks 19:58 Public Interest 26:08 Cypherpunk’s Ideology 39:07 Spoiler Alert: The Aha Moment 51:30 Satoshi’s Death 1:00:59 Bitcoin as a Public Good 1:05:23 Will Satoshi Come Back? 1:10:39 Was it All Planned? 1:11:52 Quantum Treasure Hunt 1:14:00 What would Satoshi think of Bitcoin Today? 1:17:09 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES William D. Cohan Tyler Maroney ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:

You can listen to “Finding Satoshi”—How a Private Investigator Solved the Mystery of Bitcoin’s Creator Bill Cohan & Tyler Maroney online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

“Finding Satoshi”—How a Private Investigator Solved the Mystery of Bitcoin’s Creator Bill Cohan & Tyler Maroney is an episode from Bankless by Bankless.

This episode is 76:27 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Bankless when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.