Published:
7 DIC 2021 04:02 GMT
The family of a deceased business partner sued him and demanded half of the 1.1 million bitcoins believed to be the first to be created through mining.
Computer scientist Craig Wright, who claims to be the creator of bitcoin and is nothing short of a legend satoshi nakamoto, who is credited with being the author of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, won indictment against him by relatives of his deceased business partner David Kleiman And he kept half of the large amount in bitcoins demanded by the plaintiffs.
Kleiman’s family tries to convince the court that Wright owed them half 1.1 million bitcoins, which is valued at tens of billions of dollars, and emphasizes that Kleiman and Wright together created bitcoin through a partnership. The 1.1 million bitcoins on which the lawsuit was focused – with estimated value $50 billion On this Monday change- they are believed to be the first to be created through mining and may be owned by an individual or entity involved in the process from the beginning.
However, a US District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled Monday that Wright owes nothing to the family of his former partner, and the only thing he is entitled to is 100 million dollars In the concept of intellectual property rights that would go into a joint venture of two men.
The defendant’s chief counsel, Andrés Rivero, confirmed in statements collected by AP, that the court’s decision was “a tremendous victory” for him. The trial lasted a full week, and Wright’s defense claimed that while his client and David Kleiman were friends and worked together, their collaboration had nothing to do with the creation of bitcoin and its early operations.
To this day, no one knows for sure who created bitcoin, hence the case.”kleiman vs wright“This has caught the attention of people who are interested in cryptocurrencies. It is rumored that the inventor of the cryptocurrency will be a certain Satoshi Nakamoto, a name that can be behind both an individual and a group of people, and is believed to be Nothing more than a pseudonym in the digital community.
In October 2008, Nakamoto – which can be translated from Japanese “in between“- published a document with the first details of bitcoin and the operating protocol of a new digital currency, which would be independent and independent of governments and regulatory bodies. A few months later, mining began.
Wright claims to be Nakamoto since 2016, but many treat that statement with skepticism. In fact, you are repeatedly asked to transfer some small portion of your bitcoins to another account to show that you are as rich as you claim to be.
Now crypto enthusiasts are hoping that Wright will fulfill his promise: the man promised to donate a large portion of his bitcoin reserves to charity if he wins the lawsuit.
