• Screenshot of Craig Wright speaking with Modern Consensus contributor Brendan J. Sullivan, September 11, 2019.
    Does Craig Wright's Tulip Trust III hold Satoshi Nakamoto's 1.1 million bitcoins? (Photo: Brendan Sullivan)
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    Judge orders yet another of Craig Wright’s Tulip Trusts opened

    Tulip Trust III will be unsealed in $10 billion bitcoin case, and may or may not hold the keys to a fortune

    March 6, 2020 /

    The Tulip Trust III is the latest in a series of trusts revealed by Craig Wright, who claims to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Wright claims the trusts hold the private keys to a cache of 1.1 million bitcoins Nakamoto mined at the beginning of the original blockchain. The vast majority of the cryptocurrency community believes he is lying.

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  • Can Craig Wright really shut down bitcoin? (Photo: CraigWright.net).
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    Craig Wright: I can shut down Bitcoin

    The self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto said he would assert legal control of Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Cash in 2020; promises to pay British taxes on ‘his’ assets

    February 17, 2020 /

    The founder of Bitcoin SV (BSV) and self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto claimed to own “full rights to the Bitcoin registry” in a blog post on Feb. 13. Very few people outside of Bitcoin SV supporters believe him.

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  • Craig Wright Tulip Trust III Australian jail
    Now Craig Wright says handing over the keys to Satoshi Nakamoto's $10 billion bitcoin fortune could land him in an Aussie jail (Photo: Brendan Sullivan).
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    Craig Wright: Turning over documents could land me in jail

    The self-proclaimed bitcoin creator told a U.S. judge that following her orders in the lawsuit seeking half of Satoshi Nakamoto’s $10 billion in bitcoin would violate the law in his native Australia

    February 14, 2020 /

    Just a week ago Judge Beth Bloom gave Wright until Valentine’s Day to redact and hand over anything privileged in the “Tulip Trust III” document, which may contain the keys to unlocking Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1.1 million bitcoins.

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