• Tether Kraken funding Wright lawsuit
    Cryptocurrencies,  People

    Craig Wright accuses Tether, Kraken funding $10B Bitcoin lawsuit against him [Updated]

    Would-be Bitcoin creator claims they ‘seek to shut me down’ to protect their ‘Ponzi’ scheme. How the stablecoin issuer and the exchange benefit from Wright losing 550,000 BTC to the Kleiman estate is unclear

    Not to be missed in the ongoing $10 billion lawsuit between the estate of Dave Kleiman and his partner, self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright, are his accusations about who is funding it. The answer, he recently swore in court is... Tether and Kraken?

  • Nakamoto bitcoins just moved
    Bitcoin,  People

    50 of Satoshi Nakamoto’s bitcoins just moved. Maybe.

    The transfer of $489,000 in BTC from a digital wallet created in February 2009 re-energized speculation about the identity of Bitcoin’s creator, and Craig Wright’s claim to that mantle

    Wright is being sued by Ira Kleiman, the adopted brother of Wright’s late partner, Dave Kleiman, for half of a 1.1 million bitcoin fortune. Those bitcoins are thought to have been mined by Satoshi Nakamoto at the beginning of the first blockchain.

  • Craig Wright case witness fears murder
    Cryptocurrencies,  People

    EXCLUSIVE: Craig Wright case witness fears murder, kidnapping

    In an unreleased transcript, lawyers for someone who the people suing Wright want to question asked a judge to keep their client’s name secret out of fear of being targeted by criminals

    In an unreleased transcript obtained by Modern Consensus of the lawsuit seeking half of the $10 billion in bitcoins the real Nakamoto mined at the beginning of the bitcoin project—which Craig Wright has said he possesses—lawyers for an unnamed third-party pleaded with the judge not to release his or her name to the public for fear of extortion or murder.

  • Craig Wright word worthless
    Alt coins,  Bitcoin,  Opinion,  People

    EXCLUSIVE: The Case Against Craig Wright, Part II (2012 to present)

    A #Faketoshi hobbyist walks us through more of the details behind accusations that Craig Wright lied and forged proofs that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto

    The vast majority of the cryptocurrency community thinks Craig Wright is lying when he claims to have invented Bitcoin. This includes luminaries like Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, Binance exchange CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, and many others who have reacted with rage to the Australian’s claims. That said, when people call Wright a liar, they generally refer to loads of proof without going into detail. So, we decided to dive into what proved to be a very deep pool.