Tyler Maroney

Author of THE MODERN DETECTIVE, private investigator, cofounder of QRI. Move slowly and fix things.

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

SpaceX reg filings show Musk will get 1 billion Class B shares that vest if the company establishes “a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants.” https://t.co/eN6w8eWrhz

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

Provenzano had been living a peasant’s life…directing the operations of the Mafia using encrypted notes on…tiny scraps of paper. Detectives located him by following the meandering path of laundry, sent to him by his wife, via multiple messengers. https://t.co/L6MbwvfBom

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

@JohnCarreyrou @adam3us @noremacback @DeItaone @halfin @lopp @lensassaman @franfinney @nathanielpopper @nytimes As a journalist who reached a different conclusion through your own rigorous process, would welcome a peer-to-peer comparison on the record. Investigation is on camera. Link in bio.

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

@JohnCarreyrou @adam3us @noremacback @DeItaone @halfin @lopp @lensassaman @franfinney @nathanielpopper @nytimes Possible someone had access to a shared account. More telling: the sender did not sign with Satoshi's key, which Satoshi often did. Cryptographic signature is the unambiguous way to confirm identity. My sources in cryptography all say: sign or shut up.

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

The motivation question is addressed in the film. Privacy, principle, and security are central to the cypherpunk profiles Sassaman and Finney shared, and they inform the financial choices the analysis examines. We do not claim the families hold 1M BTC, that framing is not ours. People can see the movie and decide for themselves. Link in bio.

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

The film doesn't rest on a binary helper-vs-co-author frame. It presents the specific behavioral, forensic, and documentary evidence on Sassaman and Finney and lets viewers weigh it. @franfinney's account speaks for itself on camera, direct and unprompted. See it and decide for yourselves. Link in bio.

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

Sassaman's PhD in Belgium is in the film and doesn't preclude collaboration with Finney across time zones. Coder/writer is a division of labor, not a contradiction; it's the working hypothesis the evidence supports. @franfinney's testimony is direct, on camera, unprompted. Investigation is on film. See it and decide for yourselves. Link in bio.

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

Tyler Maroney here, lead investigator on Finding Satoshi alongside @WilliamCohan. Four years of work. 'Patch' is the wrong framing. The film walks the chain: timezone analysis cross-referenced with witnesses and the contemporaneous record, @lopp's marathon point addressed on camera, forensic evidence on Len. Investigation is on camera. See the movie and decide for yourselves. Link in bio.

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

Thanks @jimsciutto for asking great questions

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

Will the real Satoshi Nakamoto please stand up? The team behind the new documentary “Finding Satoshi” believe they have the answer (or, really, the answers) to who created #Bitcoin. My full interview today on #TheBrief with @WilliamCohan and @tydamar

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

Thanks to @CNN for having me on to talk about our investigation to learn who created Bitcoin and why: https://t.co/0q1K6jkVPl

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

@findingsatoshi_ @WillFPrice this is not possible without you. Thank you!

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

@franfinney Thank you for all of your support and advice.

[Fran Finney @franfinney]

When I was approached in 2023 to interview for a documentary #findingsatoshi I refused.

In 2025 I saw an early version. I was touched, impressed, and agreed to be added to the end.

Out now https://t.co/nprcY99wju
Proud and grateful for all that contributed to #Bitcoin

[The Block @TheBlockCo]

'I suspect you got to the right answer': New Satoshi documentary makes the case Hal Finney and Len Sassaman were Bitcoin's co-creators https://t.co/6ji4kPQjR4

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

@natbrunell thanks for such a thoughtful post

[Natalie Brunell ⚡️ @natbrunell]

A clip went viral this week of a professor declaring that Bitcoin is a CIA surveillance tool and demanded to know "where are the servers?"

We’re 17 years in and the basic facts of what Bitcoin actually is still get lost. Which is one of the reasons why I found the @findingsatoshi_ documentary worth watching.

It's not what I initially expected. It's less about putting a name on Satoshi and more about tracing where Bitcoin came from: the ideas, the people, the years of cryptographic work that made it possible.

For the record, I don't think we need to unmask Satoshi. There's something beautiful about a creator who walked away and let the protocol speak for itself.

And this also isn't like the @nytimes piece that recently dropped falsely naming @adam3us…that was based on circumstantial writing analysis, no cryptographic proof, plus Back has denied these claims for years. NYT got it wrong.

What really got me were the moments with @franfinney. Hearing her talk about Hal - who he was, what he believed, how he helped change the world - hit me hard. Their love was an inspiration.

Behind all the code and the debates and the price charts, there are real people who poured their hearts into building something that could set the rest of us free.

Fran's love for Hal comes through in every word she shares, and her strength in carrying his legacy forward move me more than I can put into words.

The film also puts to rest the lazy narrative that Bitcoin is some CIA or NSA creation. It's not. Bitcoin came from cypherpunks who spent decades fighting for privacy, sovereignty, and individual freedom. That's a story worth knowing, and one worth holding onto.

Appearances in the film include @saylor, Adam Back, @lopp and many more.

The film is launching soon, and pre-sale access is available exclusively at https://t.co/9Ozd9QRin3 - I was able to extend my followers a 20% discount with code NATALIE.

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

Watch the doc that chronicles our investigation, Finding Satoshi, today at https://t.co/AEYDeD10jv

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

Thanks for the support @brian_armstrong

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

The Finding Satoshi documentary is the most thoughtful take on this subject I've seen out there.

It's coming out tomorrow, but Coinbase users can get early access today. Open your Coinbase app to find out more!

[Finding Satoshi @findingsatoshi_]

The greatest financial mystery of the 21st Century just became front page news.

We spent four years on our investigation.

NYT bestselling author @WilliamCohan and investigator @tydamar led an investigation with 25+ on-camera interviews and multiple independent lines of evidence.

We name names. And we have the receipts.

'The most thoughtful take on this subject I've seen out there, and I suspect you got to the right answer.' -- Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase

Pre-order now. Watch on April 22. Only at https://t.co/uPP0KotRlr

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

Reuters reporters say they found Banksy: https://t.co/GMdESj4ulA

[Tyler Maroney @tydamar]

Who invented Bitcoin and why? We found the answer: https://t.co/gXemPqm1Ys