{"id":1352,"date":"2018-07-24T11:01:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T11:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silvermillerlaw.com\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2023-06-09T12:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T12:11:58","slug":"who-is-satoshi-nakamoto","status":"publish","type":"news_posts","link":"https:\/\/www.silvermillerlaw.com\/press\/in-the-news\/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Craig Wright once claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the elusive inventor of bitcoin, South Florida attorneys seem reluctant to buy into the narrative.<\/h4>\n
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By Zach Schlein\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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South Florida attorneys observing\u00a0an $11 billion lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0over digital currency\u00a0have their doubts about whether the defendant Craig Wright is the man he claims to be: Satoshi Nakamoto, the enigmatic creator of bitcoin, the best known and most valuable cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is one of the greatest mysteries of the digital age; his identity is our modern day D.B. Cooper story,\u201d said Devin \u201cVelvel\u201d Freedman, counsel in Boies, Schiller & Flexner\u2019s Miami office.<\/p>\n

Freedman\u00a0and attorney Kyle Roche are suing Wright on behalf of plaintiff Ira Kleiman, whose brother David Kleiman allegedly mined billions of dollars worth of bitcoin with Wright.<\/p>\n

In 2015, technology publications\u00a0Gizmodo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Wired<\/a>\u00a0identified\u00a0Wright and David Kleiman as Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin. The claim has drawn skepticism, but\u00a0the truth could soon emerge.<\/p>\n

Freedman and Roche say discovery in this case will vet\u00a0Wright\u2019s claim as well as allegations that the Australian businessman committed forgery by filing false court documents that falsified Kleiman\u2019s signature in order to gain control of he and Kleiman\u2019s company, W&K Info Defense Research and its intellectual property.<\/p>\n

Nakamoto\u2019s real identity has been the subject of debate and speculation since his publication of the digital currency\u2019s manifesto in 2009.<\/p>\n

South Florida litigant Wright publicly claimed to be Nakamoto by using technical demonstrations as well as a blog post shared with media outlets including the BBC, The Economist and GQ. This followed years of speculation and ill-fated stories seeking to conclusively unmask the elusive Nakamoto. Other than the original bitcoin\u00a0proclamation bearing his name and the subsequent speculation over his identity, next to nothing is known about the bitcoin creator.<\/p>\n

Justin S. Wales, senior counsel at the Miami office of Carlton Fields, would need more proof before accepting Wright\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s had some people who are very influential in the bitcoin community say that Wright could be Satoshi,\u201d Wales\u00a0said. \u201cHe put forth some proof \u2014 although not the best type of proof \u2014 but not enough that anyone in the community believed that that was [definitive] proof of Wright being involved as Satoshi.\u201d<\/p>\n

David C. Silver, a South Florida litigator involved in class action lawsuits over cryptocurrency, said many traders of digital currency are skeptical about Wright\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s claimed publicly to be Nakamoto, but when called to task he couldn\u2019t produce the evidence,\u201d said Silver, a founding partner at Silver Miller. \u201cBut that doesn\u2019t make it any less real. \u2026 He\u2019s been involved with bitcoin for a long time. \u2026\u00a0So even if he\u2019s not patient zero, he\u2019s certainly patient one or two.\u201d<\/p>\n

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