In the crypto world, a man named Craig Wright has managed to cultivate the kind of intrigue and horror that is unlike anything else the community has ever seen. Of course, as it always is with Bitcoin, the story is complex. It starts out in late 2008, when Bitcoin’s whitepaper is released online. Of course, at the time, no one realizes what a big deal Bitcoin is about to become. But people on the web are growing increasingly disenfranchised with their governments — and with fiat currency. Enter Satoshi Nakomoto, the pseudonym for the person behind the genesis block of Bitcoin. Suddenly, people had an option to use digital currency. And it wasn’t long before the price of Bitcoin started skyrocketing, exceeding any stock one could imagine.
In the crypto community, many believe that Satoshi Nakomoto was actually a man named Hal Finney, who lived in a neighborhood in which there was a man named Satoshi Nakomoto. Nick Szabo is another figure who is often discussed as one of the early adopters of Bitcoin. Although Hal Finney passed away several years ago, rumor has it that he was cryogenically frozen and will provide a stunning sum of Bitcoin to any person who manages to revive and cure him of his illness. But the plot thickens.
Recently, crypto enthusiast Craig Wright has asserted that he is the creator of Bitcoin — and has even sued people who have called him a liar. This week, an Australian court basically called Wright’s bluff. If he were the inventor of Bitcoin, it is believed that he would now be worth over $10 billion. And the estate of Wright’s deceased business partner, David Kleiman, believes that it should be compensated accordingly. Wright responded by making a wild claim that the Bitcoin is located in a blind trust set up by Kleiman himself, so he doesn’t have access to the funds. The Australian judge for this case then responded by saying that he felt Wright was not telling the truth. At this point in time, only one thing is certain; in the coming months and years, the tale is poised to become even more complex.
