Deceased computer scientist and privacy advocate Len Sassaman is unexpectedly in the limelight as bettors speculate on the upcoming HBO documentary that advertises itself as revealing the identity of the inventor of Bitcoin. Whether he was the real Satoshi Nakamoto or not, Sassaman was an interesting character. A troubled prodigyInformation about Leonard Harris Sassaman’s early life is scant. He attended a tony private school in his native state of Pennsylvania and was a cryptography wunderkind, according to multiple accounts. While still in his late teens, Sassaman was drawn to San Francisco,…