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Australian Craig Wright, long rumored to be associated with the digital currency Bitcoin, has publicly identified himself as its creator, a claim that would end one of the biggest mysteries in the tech world. BBC News said Monday that Craig Wright told the media outlet he is the man previously known by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. (BBC News via AP)
Australian Craig Wright, long rumored to be associated with the digital currency Bitcoin, has publicly identified himself as its creator, a claim that would end one of the biggest mysteries in the tech world. BBC News said Monday that Craig Wright told the media outlet he is the man previously known by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. (BBC News via AP)

It’s the internet’s biggest mystery and an Australian tech entrepreneur says he’s the answer.

Craig Steven Wright has identified himself as the creator of digital currency bitcoin but experts are divided over whether he really is the elusive person who has gone by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto until now.

The 45-year-old Brisbane-born man revealed his identity to the BBC, the Economist and GQ on Monday, confirming previous assertions made by technology publications last year.

The BBC said Mr Wright had given technical proof supporting his claim to using bitcoins known to be owned by bitcoin’s creator.

It also said prominent members of the bitcoin community, including leaders of the Bitcoin Foundation, had validated Mr Wright’s claim to identity.

“I was the main part of it, other people helped me,”

Wright, who is now living in London, told the BBC.

“Some people will believe, some people won’t, and to tell you the truth, I don’t really care.”

Sceptics say he still needs to do more to prove his identity.

Mr Wright was first outed as the founder of bitcoin in December last year by technology publications Gizmodo and Wired.

Immediately following the reports, NSW police raided his home in the well-heeled suburb of Gordon on Sydney’s north shore, taking two black roller suitcases of items related to a tax investigation, police said.

Neighbours had no idea of the Mr Wright’s alleged past, and described a quiet, somewhat stand-offish man who has two children, a dog and several hens.

Others said they had noticed the family kept an unusual amount of electronics running in the sunroom at the front of their two-storey brick house.

Mr Wright’s extensive resume on LinkedIn, which has since been made private, showed him to be the chief executive of former Sydney technology company DeMorgan Ltd which specialised in cryptocurrency.

He was also a lecturer at Charles Sturt University for five years up until 2015, where he says he developed a Masters degree in digital forensics.

 


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