Jury rules purported founder of Bitcoin can keep $50B worth of bitcoins

Published December 6, 2021 8:17pm ET



A Florida jury found that Craig Wright, who claims to be the founder of Bitcoin, did not owe half of the $50 billion worth of bitcoins he claims to own to the estate of his former business partner.

The verdict appears to support Wright’s claim that he is the mysterious “Satoshi Nakamoto,” a name that means “at the center of,” who founded Bitcoin.

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