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Has Bitcoin's Real Founder Been Unveiled?

engine

12:13 pm on Dec 9, 2015 (gmt 0)

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Bitcoin's founders have always appeared to be elusive, and the pseudonym used was "Satoshi Nakamoto," supposedly a 64-year old Japanese American living near Los Angeles.
It seems the raid in Australia is to do with tax irregularities.

Australian police have raided the Sydney home and office of a man named by technology websites as the creator of the virtual currency Bitcoin.

Federal police searched Craig Steven Wright's properties, but said the raid was about tax, not Bitcoin.

Mr Wright was named by Wired and Gizmodo as the creator of Bitcoin. Has Bitcoin's Real Founder Been Unveiled? [bbc.co.uk]