The secretive billionaire inventor of Bitcoin is preparing to finally reveal his identity this weekend, tech industry sources have claimed.
A mysterious figure who used the false name Satoshi Nakamoto to launch a digital currency, which fuels a shadow economy worth billions of dollars, is understood to be planning to reveal his true identity in the coming days.
It has been alleged that this man is Craig Wright, an Australian academic.
Bitcoin is known as a "cryptocurrency" which allows users to carry out transactions without needing to use a central bank.
It has allowed drug dealers and other criminals to sell their wares online while withholding their own identities.
A source with close ties to the cryptograpy community and telecoms industry told The Mirror that the story had already been sent to select media under an embargo which lifts this weekend. Craig Steven Wright may out himself as Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto in coming weeks https://t.co/jJGoyqrWlx pic.twitter.com/3HAwoir1yr — Bitcoin Info (@BitcoinRR) April 7, 2016 These claims cannot be verified, and Wright’s full involvement in Bitcoin has not yet been fully established.
The high-flying academic has remained tight-lipped since he was first linked to Bitcoin at the end of last year, and we have been unable to contact him for comment.
Our source claimed: "The man behind Bitcoin has given the story to a television company and a newspaper."The creator of this currency wants to take control of his invention."Rumours about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto have been swirling for years.Earlier this year, Australian cops raided Wright’s home after Gizmodo and Wired published separate articles which claimed he was the boffin behind Bitcoin. Australian Federal Police raided the Sydney home of the man alleged to be the creator of bitcoin Read more : Dark web gun market halts weapon sales after Paris terror attacks but not for […]
