‘Stop Trying to Unmask Satoshi Nakamoto’ Says Actor Ben McKenzie

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Ben McKenzie discusses his documentary and his views on cryptocurrency as a scam.

Actor Ben McKenzie ( The O.C. ) is out with a new documentary, Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, which follows his journey into becoming an anti-cryptocurrency advocate. He says we should all stop trying to unmask the presumed original developer(s) of bitcoin known as Satoshi Nakamoto because it benefits only the mysterious inventor. The actor-director talks with Katie about why he thinks crypto is a scam, and why he says people are falling for it. Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian’s newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: WIRED

Guest: Ben McKenzie

Topics covered

• cryptocurrency
• anti-cryptocurrency advocacy
• scams
• technology
• finance
• artificial intelligence
• social protests

Keywords

• Ben McKenzie
• Satoshi Nakamoto
• cryptocurrency
• scam
• documentary
• anti-cryptocurrency
• technology
• finance

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Books & works: Everyone Is Lying to You for Money

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