Director Christopher Cannucciari and White Paper Films announced the start of work on the documentary “I Am Not Satoshi.” Funds for the film will be raised via the Republic platform built on Avalanche, Decrypt reports.
“Experts and witnesses will help us understand the events preceding Satoshi’s disappearance and the aftermath. Our aim is to tell this story before it becomes a myth,” said the director.
He intends to explore theories about the identity of the creator of the first cryptocurrency. The film will also explain why some members of the community believe that the mystery of ANБ Satoshi Nakamoto should remain unsolved.
The filmmakers intend to raise funding by selling tokens on Republic as part of Film Finance Offering — a concept developed by Ava Labs. Representatives of the latter expect that in the future other filmmakers will be able to use the platform to finance their works.
Christopher Cannucciari — the director of the documentary “The Bitcoin Bet” (2016). He chronicles the rise of digital gold and the enthusiasts behind the early development of the network.
Earlier, British film company Substantial Films announced work on the black comedy “Decrypted.” The plot centers on a team from the NSA, which abducts Nakamoto and forces him to reveal information needed for the government to destroy cryptocurrencies.
In July 2021, a crowdfunding campaign for the documentary about Vitalik Buterin raised $1.9 million in three days on the Mirror platform.
In spring 2022 it emerged that Scott Free Productions, associated with director Ridley Scott, is adapting the book by journalist Camilla Russo. It recounts how Ethereum co-founder rallied a group of developers around the idea of creating a “world computer”.
Spike Lee has said that NFT can be used to finance films.
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