On the 7th (local time), The Block reported that cryptocurrency lawyer James A. Murphy filed a lawsuit against the company.
Murphy filed a complaint in federal court in the District of Columbia on the same day, demanding the release of government documents relating to Nakamoto's identity.
Murphy, who goes by the name "MetaLawMan" on X, has 44,000 accounts and claims that his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests have been ignored.
"Billions of dollars have flowed into physical Bitcoin ETFs, and there are calls for the introduction of Bitcoin reserve funds at the federal and state levels," Murphy said in the lawsuit.
"In the circumstances under discussion, the public and Murphy himself need to know clearly what information the government has about the creator of Bitcoin," he said.
The news was first reported by Crypto In America. Satoshi Nakamoto is an anonymous individual, possibly a group of individuals, who announced their plans in October 2008.
Through the white paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System," the company has announced that it will develop a decentralized financial system that does not require intermediaries such as banks.
Since then, many have been trying to track down his identity, but a recent HBO documentary revealed that Peter Todd, an early Bitcoin developer,
It has also been alleged that (Peter Todd) could be Nakamoto, but he has denied this.
Murphy specifically targets DHS's Rana Saud in the lawsuit.
The company noted that Special Agent Saoud said in a 2019 interview that he "knows the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto," and said it would like to secure internal documents related to this statement.
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2025/04/08 16:08 KST
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