Australian who says he invented bitcoin to keep $71b stash after trial

Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict on Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions.

A Florida jury found that Wright did not owe half of 1.1 million bitcoin to the family of David Kleiman. The jury did award $US100 million ($142 million) in intellectual property rights to a joint venture between the two men, a fraction of what Kleiman’s lawyers were asking for at trial.

Craig Wright claims to have invented bitcoin. Credit:BBC News