Craig Wright Allegedly Once Held 1.1 Million Bitcoin

By May 5, 2016Bitcoin Business

A document has been posted online shows indicates how Craig Wright may have owned as much as 1.1 million Bitcoin at some point in time. However, there are some serious allegations regarding the validity of these claims, and the number of 1.1 million seems far exaggerated as well. The Craig Wright Plot Thickens Even More

It was only a matter of time until someone started digging up dirt on Craig Wright , the person who recently outed himself as being the creator of Bitcoin , known as Satoshi Nakamoto. Although these claims have yet to be validated at this time, some interesting information regarding Mr. Wright is starting to come to the surface, which will not do his reputation any good.

One of these documents relates to a story of how Wright has been scammed by Mark Ferrier in 2013, a transaction which was paid for in Bitcoin. Apparently, both parties agreed to create a regulated Bitcoin bank, and Ferrier would sell the banking software to Wright, which took place. However, there was also an amount of gold ore supposed to be changing hands, but that has not occurred. Additionally, Ferrier was arrested in 2013 for fraud, and the amount of Bitcoin he received from Wright has never been seen again.

Reddit users have started to sift through this document and point out some of the obvious problems. First of all, there is the mention of how Wright once owned 1.1 million bitcoin, but the numbers do not add up. The report mentions of how each Bitcoin was worth 3-4 cents at that time and the total supply Wright held was US$5,000. Quick calculations estimate the total amount of BTC between 125,000 and 167,000, which is not even close to 1.1 million.

Moreover, this number would be extremely high as two […]

Leave a Reply

All Today's Crypto News In One Place