SATOSHI the Movie dives deep into the radical movement that ultimately lead to the creation of Bitcoin and the Blockchain.

"Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and we’re going to write it."

– Eric Hughes,

The Cypherpunk’s Manifesto, 1993

These are the revolutionary "Cypherpunks"

Rebels With a Cause – Your Privacy

HAL FINNEY

Harold Thomas Finney II was a genius cryptographer, hired by Phil Zimmerman to work on PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a military-grade encryption software. Hal created the world’s first digital currency system, RPOW (Reusable Proof of Work). Hal helped Satoshi Nakamoto debug Bitcoin’s code. He was the first to receive a Bitcoin transaction. In 2009, Hal was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He died in 2014.

NICK SZABO

Nick Szabo is a Blockchain and cryptocurrencies pioneer. He invented the concepts of smart contracts and the blockchain. Nick conceived of Bit Gold, a proposal for a digital currency that was a direct precursor to Bitcoin. Nick holds a computer science and a law degree.

WEI DAI

Wei Dai is a computer engineer and cypherpunk best known as creator of B-money and the developer of the Crypto++ library. B-Money contains many of the innovative digital currency concepts later used in Bitcoin, and are still utilized in the cryptocurrency world today.

TIM MAY

Timothy C. May was a founding member of, and has been one of the most voluminous contributors to, Cypherpunks electronic mailing list. He wrote extensively on cryptography and privacy from the 1990s through 2003. He is the author of the Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, a call to arms to protect the people’s right to privacy in the new digital era. He was an electronic engineer and senior scientist at Intel. He retired in 2003.

JOHN GILMORE

John Gilmore is one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks mailing list, and Cygnus Solutions. He created the alt.* hier. He is also a member of the boards of MAPS and the Marijuana Policy Project.

ROMANA MACHADO

Romana Machado, aka Cypherella, is a software developer and cryptocurrency investor from Silicon Valley. In the 1990’s she was employed by Apple and worked on The Newton, a remarkable, hand-held computer with voice-to-text capabilities far ahead of its time.

ERIC HUGHES

Eric Hughes is an American mathematician, computer programmer, and cypherpunk. He is considered one of the founders of the cypherpunk movement, along with Tim May and John Gilmore. The May/June 1993 issue of Wired featured a cover photo of three masked cypherpunks, of which Hughes was one. On September 27, 2012, Hughes delivered the keynote address, Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers, at the Amsterdam Crypto Party.

JUDE MILHON

Judith (Jude) Milhon, best known by her pseudonym “St. Jude,” was a hacker and author in the San Francisco Bay Area. Milhon coined the term “cypherpunk” and was a founding member of the elite cryptographer’s mailing list. She also wrote for Mondo 2000, a cutting edge magazine of the day, and co-wrote the Cyberpunk Handbook. Milhon died of cancer on July 19th, 2003.

SATOSHI NAKAMOTO

Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, who introduced the revolutionary digital currency through a groundbreaking whitepaper in 2008. By combining cryptography, decentralized networks, and a peer-to-peer ethos, Satoshi set the stage for a global financial transformation. Despite Bitcoin’s worldwide adoption, Satoshi’s true identity remains unknown, adding to the enduring mystery and intrigue surrounding his work.