In it, he sheds more light on the 2020 hack which led to his losing access to 111,000 Bitcoin and the origin of the coins themselves—both matters which have been the target of speculation since news of the hack broke in 2020.
Wright included the addresses—which he can no longer access as a result of the hack—in letters which initially went to several protocol developers in June 2020.
These rumors were never substantiated, and it later became apparent that the sole source of the rumors is a plain-text log of an alleged Skype conversation between Mark Karpeles and Jed McCaleb which was buried in submissions for one of the many lawsuits filed against Mt.
Wright had received the Liberty Reserve Dollars as payment for work done for online casinos, and the amount of Bitcoin bought was determined by whatever amount he could get in exchange for those Dollars.
Wright maintained in the June 2020 response, neither he nor his lawyers have ever been contacted by anyone from either Mt.
This led him to find that the RAR file was also missing, together with 37GB of files which had been wiped from cloud storage and which contained ‘approximately 50’ white papers and associated research data.
According to him, this was done out of caution: “My computer contained a great deal of confidential information .
This should provide an answer for those still speculating that the hack never took place; he includes the crime reference number and the name of the investigating officer who responded to the complaint in his statement (Dr.
Of course, everyone can see what happens to the assets contained in the 1Feex and 12ib7 addresses, and other than the assets taken from the popular exchange and Electrum wallet, the stolen coins have been left untouched.
The developers responsible for blockchains have the power to reassign digital assets which they know to either have been stolen or otherwise taken out of the control of their rightful owners.
Arguably, the law is already clear: those developers owe already-established legal duties toward the many people relying on them to exercise their powers appropriately.