The man who claims to have invented bitcoin says his crypto riches could be locked away forever

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• The man claiming to have invented bitcoin says he doesn't know where the key to his fortune is, and a recent court ruling called for him to forfeit $3 billion worth of his holdings.
• Craig Wright, the purported creator, told Bloomberg he "cannot be certain that information will in fact arrive" to prove his claim to the bitcoin fortune.
• Earlier in 2019, a judge ruled that the late Dave Kleiman owned half of the coins Wright mined through 2013, and that Wright must forfeit that half to Kleiman's estate.
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The man who claims to have invented bitcoin may not be able to give up $3 billion of his crypto riches for a court ruling because he doesn't know when he'll have access to the coins, Bloomberg reported.

Craig Wright, the alleged creator, told Bloomberg in a statement he "cannot be certain that information will in fact arrive" to prove his claim to the assets.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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