12-09-2015, 04:25 PM
In related news.....
This internet mystery appears to be solved.
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Australian police have raided the Sydney home and office of a man named by technology websites as the creator of the virtual currency Bitcoin.
Federal police searched Craig Steven Wright's properties, but said the raid was about tax, not Bitcoin.
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^ Mr Wright was named by Wired and Gizmodo as the creator of Bitcoin.
The founder of the currency is believed to hold about a million Bitcoins, which are reportedly worth about $400m at the current exchange rate.
The raid in Sydney came hours after Wired and Gizmodo claimed Mr Wright was probably the mysterious "Satoshi Nakamoto", a pseudonym used by Bitcoin's creator.
Their investigations were based on leaked emails, documents and web archives, including what was said to be a transcript of a meeting between Wright, a 44-year-old academic, and Australian tax officials.
Mr Wright is reported to have said: "I did my best to try and hide the fact that I've been running Bitcoin since 2009. By the end of this I think half the world is going to bloody know."
Story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35048309
This internet mystery appears to be solved.
Australian police have raided the Sydney home and office of a man named by technology websites as the creator of the virtual currency Bitcoin.
Federal police searched Craig Steven Wright's properties, but said the raid was about tax, not Bitcoin.
^ Mr Wright was named by Wired and Gizmodo as the creator of Bitcoin.
The founder of the currency is believed to hold about a million Bitcoins, which are reportedly worth about $400m at the current exchange rate.
The raid in Sydney came hours after Wired and Gizmodo claimed Mr Wright was probably the mysterious "Satoshi Nakamoto", a pseudonym used by Bitcoin's creator.
Their investigations were based on leaked emails, documents and web archives, including what was said to be a transcript of a meeting between Wright, a 44-year-old academic, and Australian tax officials.
Mr Wright is reported to have said: "I did my best to try and hide the fact that I've been running Bitcoin since 2009. By the end of this I think half the world is going to bloody know."
Story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35048309