Official Trailer for ‘Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery’ Documentary
by Alex Billington
October 4, 2024
Source: YouTube
“If you dig deep enough, the inconsistencies will emerge.” HBO has revealed the trailer for a documentary film titled Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, another investigative look at Bitcoin and the world of cryptocurrency. This would play well as a double feature with Alex Winter’s excellent doc Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain a few years back. “In the future of money, who holds the power?” Indeed. In Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, intrepid filmmaker Cullen Hoback dives into the origins of Bitcoin and the identity of its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The captivating new doc film offers a thrilling, globe-spanning investigation, with Hoback immersing himself with key players, uncovering never-before-seen clues, and humorously unraveling Bitcoin’s meteoric rise. It’s executive produced by Adam McKay (director of The Big Short), Todd Schulman, Cullen Hoback, and Taylor Jones. And it’ll be streaming on Max later this month. I’m always fascinated by these kind of investigations, but they’re never critical enough or hard-hitting when it comes to the danger of a world obsessed with crypto. We still have to keep waiting to see what comes next.
Official trailer for Cullen Hoback’s doc Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, from HBO’s YouTube:
Intrepid filmmaker Cullen Hoback dives into one of the most enduring, high-stakes mysteries in tech and finance: the origins of Bitcoin and the identity of its anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. More than a decade after Satoshi’s disappearance, Bitcoin now threatens to disrupt the global financial order, forcing nations to reconsider the very nature of money as Satoshi potentially stands to become the richest person on earth. Known for uncovering clandestine subcultures and movements through digital forensics, Hoback immerses himself with key players, uncovers never-before-seen clues, and humorously unravels Bitcoin’s chaotic origins and meteoric rise. Money Electric offers a thrilling, globe-spanning investigation into the intentions of Bitcoin’s enigmatic inventor. Hoback encounters those who could be Satoshi, seeking to reveal who holds the power — and what they might do with it if Bitcoin were woven into our daily lives.
Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery is directed by investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback, director of the movies Monster Camp, Friction, Terms and Conditions May Apply, Do Not Pass Go, as well as What Lies Upstream previously, plus the “Q: Into the Storm” doc mini-series recently. It’s produced by Jessie Deeter, Scott Holroyd, and Alina Solodnikova. A Hyrax Films Production in association with HyperObject Industries and Hello Pictures. HBO will debut the doc film Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery streaming on Max starting on October 8th, 2024 this fall. Anyone want to watch this doc? And where is Nakamoto hiding?
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