Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright told the BBC that he was the creator of controversial digital currency bitcoin, but some scepticism remained about the identity of a person who until now has gone by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto.
The BBC reported on Monday (May 2) that Wright gave some technical proof demonstrating that he had access to blocks of bitcoins known to have been created by bitcoin‘s creator.
“Some people will believe, some people won’t and to tell you the truth I don’t really care,” Wright said in an interview with the broadcaster.
“I was the main part of it, other people helped me,” he said adding that identifying himself had been decided by other people who were making life difficult for his family, friends and staff.
“I don’t want money, I don’t want fame, I don’t want adoration, I just want to be left alone,” Wright said.
Unmasking Nakamoto could be significant for the future of bitcoin, a computer-generated, digital alternative to other currencies that has attracted the interest of banks, speculators, criminals and regulators.
A Bitcoin logo is displayed at the Bitcoin Center New York City in New York’s financial district July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Researchers believe Nakamoto may be holding up to one million bitcoins, which is worth about $440 million, and the price of the cryptocurrency could plunge if that was to be unloaded.
Wright declined requests from The Economist to provide further proof that he was Nakamoto.
The BBC said prominent members of the bitcoin community had confirmed Wright’s claim.
BITCOIN PUBLICITY STUNT SAYS ZEROHEDGE
Financial renegade site ZeroHedge has suggested that the ‘outing’ by Wright is simply a publicity stunt designed to generate publicity for Bitcoin.
The site claims that the evidence presented by Wright to confirm his authorship comes from a seven year old digital key that was pulled from digital media site Gizmodo.
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