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Australian scientist Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin, told a federal court hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida, that he would not be able to comply with an order to produce a list of all his early Bitcoin addresses and may never even have access to those Bitcoin addresses. currency.
Satoshi Omoto defended himself at the hearing in a lawsuit accusing him of stealing 1.1 million bitcoins and intellectual property from a deceased business partner. The case may help shed light on whether he is really Satoshi Nakamoto — something that many in the cryptocurrency community have questioned.
Fighting back tears at the scene, Satoshi Aomoto told the judge that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym used by the creator of Bitcoin in 2009, and that the late Dave Kleiman was tasked with covering his tracks so people would not find out that he was Satoshi Nakamoto. Ben Satoshi.
Satoshi Omoto said he decided to stop working on bitcoin in 2010 out of concern that it was increasingly being used for drug and child pornography. He said, I brought in Dave because hes a friend of mine, he knows who I am, hes a scientific expert, and I want to have everything I have to do with Bitcoin wiped from the public record.
Billions of dollars potentially depend on this outcome. At current prices, Bitcoins creator probably owns around $10 billion in Bitcoin, wielding a lot of influence over the market. According to data from CoinMarketCap, the market value of Bitcoin SV, which is backed by Satoshi, is about 3.9 billion US dollars. If Satoshis reputation takes a hit, so will the coin.
Satoshi Omoto said that before Dave Kleiman died in 2013, he handed over a key piece of information to Dave, which made it difficult to trace the digital wallets holding Bitcoin. He claims he may never get his hands on the bitcoins. Thats fine with him. “My wife and I think it’s too much money,” he said. “I’ve got enough money now, … we’re worried about what it’s going to do to the kids.”
The case began early last year when Kleimans relatives filed a complaint accusing Craig Wright of stealing huge sums of bitcoin and intellectual property while the two were working together.
According to the lawsuit, Kleiman and Satoshi were once business partners. After Kleiman died of an MRSA infection in April 2013, Wright allegedly forged a series of contracts to transfer assets and companies to himself, the lawsuit said. Ao Bencong has denied all allegations.
A federal judge has ordered Satoshi Craig to submit documents on his early Bitcoin holdings. Ao Bencong has previously stated in the document that this will be difficult because the assets he holds are managed by a confidential trust protected by multiple trustees.
According to a court document, Cong Ao participated in mediation in Florida in mid-June, but the case was not closed.
This is just one of the legal cases that Satoshi Ao Ben has been involved in. Earlier this year, he sued or threatened to sue for defamation against three people who all called him a liar and said they didnt believe he was Satoshi.
Over the years, many people have speculated about who Satoshi Nakamoto is, and Satoshi Omoto is one of them. In late 2015, Wired magazine and Gizmodo reported that he and Kleiman may have invented bitcoin. A few days later, Wired stated that Satoshi Aomoto might be a clever liar instead. He moved to the UK after police raided his home in Australia as part of a tax investigation.
"According to online ledgers, the bitcoins held by Satoshi Nakamoto have not moved in years. Critics urged Satoshi to verify his identity by transferring some bitcoins, but he rejected the offer.
