SATOSHI, the movie is a feature-length mystery thriller dramatizing the untold origin of Bitcoin’s freedom roots.
When Hal and pseudonymous Satoshi's collaboration births Bitcoin — an unstoppable idea is etched in code. On another time chain, as Hal is cryopreserved, a pact rewrites everything.
SYNOPSIS
The movie explores the profound friendship between Hal Finney and Satoshi Nakamoto, with the help of some legendary cypherpunks, privacy warriors and many rebels.
Co-written over decades with the very collaborators who helped build it. SATOSHI tells bitcoin’s origin story, one of code, collaboration, perseverance, and the fight for financial freedom.
Anchored in mission over identity, this scripted story shifts the mystery from the question of who is Satoshi to why Satoshi?
SATOSHI, is for anyone that values freedom, not just bitcoiners. Exploring themes of: online friendships, human ingenuity, perseverance, pursuit of freedom, resistance against oppressive regimes and the power of unstoppable ideas.
CAST
SATOSHI will co-star Casper Van Dien as the late Hal Finney alongside Peter Shinkoda as the enigmatic Satoshi Nakamoto.
Hal is considered the "Tom Hanks of crypto." It’s only fitting that Casper Van Dien reprise the role of the beloved genius, Hal. Many young enough remember Casper's breakthrough role was as Johnny Rico, the lead in Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi film Starship Troopers (1997). Casper has made cult-loved stories across many genres including: Tarzan in Tarzan and the Lost City (1998), Brom in Sleepy Hollow (1999), Amok in Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Harold in All American (2018-2023), Starship Troopers: Extermination (2024) Starship Troopers Traitor of Mars (2017), Call of Duty Black Ops (2018), Luke in Guns of Redemption (2025), and Matt in the upcoming Manhattan Transfer (2025).
Peter Shinkoda will reprise the role of the enigmatic and elusive Satoshi Nakamoto. Peter is most well known for his portrayals of Dai in Steven Spielberg's Falling Skies (2011), Nobu in Marvel's Daredevil (2015) and as Kazu Hirano in The Man in the High Castle (2019). Peter's credits include: Dr. Yamada in The Predator (2018), Fujibayashi Nagato in Assassin's Creed: Shadows (2025), Lt. Col. Ito in Prisoner of War (2025). 'Peter has also worked as an editor on Hollywood features such as Romeo Must Die, Rat Race and Freddy Got Fingered.
An extended cast will reprise the roles of legendary cypherpunk legends and freedom warriors who were interviewed during our fact-checking process including: Wei Dai (b-money), Nick Szabo (Bit Gold), Tim May, John Gilmore, Jude Milhon (St Jude), Romana Machado (Cypherella), trans-humanists Max Moore, Natasha Vita-More, early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver, and Pretty Good Privacy Founder Phil Zimmermann.
FREEDOM COMES WITH A PRICE
As indie filmmakers and freedom advocates we want to make and distribute Satoshi, the movie outside the traditional film industry. Allowing fans to co-own and shape the future of entertainment.
By supporting the movie you’re helping spark a cultural movement, one that reclaims Bitcoin’s roots as a tool for freedom. Reigniting its meaning for the underserved, the silenced, and the forgotten.
WE ARE ALL SATOSHI
THE DIRECTOR
Hitmaker, Shaun Paul Piccinino, will direct the movie. Shaun is a formidable force that’s redefined indie filmmaking. A master storyteller that’s produced streaming hits on lean budgets across a variety of genres.
Shaun has directed 12 feature films, 6 on Netflix with 3 reaching the Top 3 most watched in the world for the platform - A California Christmas, A California Christmas City Lights and That's Amor (over 500 million views total!).
He also had a #1 hit for HBO Max, Holiday Harmony. Shaun's Salvage Marines project was in the Top 10 for all of 2022 on the Crackle Network, and his project The Island was #1 on Starz for six weeks!
THE PRODUCER & CO-WRITER
Sky Conway, through his studio and team at Anarchy Pictures has raised over $1.6 million for cult-loved sci-fi projects bringing a 100% successful track record producing and releasing independent crowdfunded films including: Star Trek: Renegades (2015), Cozmo's Thirsty Tentacle Bar and Grill, and Walter Koenig's Star Trek sequel, Renegades: The Requiem (2017), InAlienable (2009), Renegades: Ominara (2021) and Manhattan Transfer fan backed sci-fi series (coming soon).
Sky is CEO of Atomic Video, the fan content destination for the techies. Sky is a voluntaryist and early Bitcoin adopter who also founded Libertopia, the world’s first conference to accept Bitcoin. Sky wears many hats well, as Producer, Creator, Screenwriter, Author, Futurist, Attorney, and Serial Entrepreneur.
THE STUDIO
Anarchy Pictures is an American entertainment company that produces film and TV Series that celebrate the human spirit, individual sovereignty and the power of free people and free markets, outside the traditional movie industry. The team are known for producing narrative content with heavy visual effects at a fraction of the cost incurred by studios.
This powerhouse team has a proven track record and raised over $1.6 million for cult-loved sci-fi projects bringing a 100% successful track record producing and releasing independent crowdfunded films on Kickstarter, Indiegogo & WeFunder.