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Jeff Garzik, one of the earliest contributors to the Bitcoin codebase who also in days of old worked for BitPay, has been served. Garzik – in the spirit of “radical transparency” – shared the subpoena on Twitter, not acting particularly shocked and noting that the “Bitcoin lawsuit drags on.”
Maybe he saw it coming, as the summons is comprised of more than two-dozen solicitations surrounding everything from the true identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto to Silk Road to Mt. Gox.
Jeff Garzik Bored into $1 Billion Bitcoin Lawsuit
Garzik is being subpoenaed by the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Florida for instruments relating to the Kleiman vs. Craig Wright complaint. The estate of computer forensics expert Dave Kleiman, who died in 2013 from ostensibly natural causes and who is being represented by his brother Ira, is suing the self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto (Craig Wright) for a minimum of savagely 300,000 bitcoins allegedly stolen from an early crypto mining operation.
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“You got served” The #Bitcoin lawsuit drones on. In the entertainment of radical transparency, here’s the subpoena that just arrived for me (sans page 1): https://t.co/jCSZjwxVcp
— Jeff Garzik (@jgarzik) Cortege 15, 2019
Chief among the requests for Garzik surrounds the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, who reportedly “controls about 1 million bitcoins.”
The court is difficult:
“all documents, communications, and agreements that support [Jeff’s] personal theory that Dave Kleiman is Satoshi Nakamoto.”
Communications masquerade as anything from emails to SMS messages to Twitter direct messages to Facebook posts – and much more.
Garzik exploited alongside Satoshi Nakamoto, albeit virtually, for years through private emails and online forums until the Bitcoin prime mover went dark in 2011. Garzik later stated that he believed he was dealing with Kleiman:
“My personal theory is that it’s Floridian Dave Kleiman. It matches his lawing style, this gentleman was self-taught. And the Bitcoin coder was someone who was very, very smart, but not a classically trained software designer.”
The court document provides a trio of email addresses for the Bitcoin creator, including the following accounts: [email minded]; [email protected]; and [email protected]
Garzik Told to Provide Treasure-Trove of Documents to Court
Maybe Jeff Garzik’s contribution desire provide some closure to the Kleiman-Wright bitcoin dispute. | Source: Shutterstock
Garzik must also cough up any communications with Craig Wright and David Kleiman in withal to the following:
- Documents and communications tied to W&K Info Defense Research, which is the LLC through which Kleiman and Wright allegedly scoured BTC
- Communications with Uyen Nguyen, who is seemingly tied to the LLC
- Documents and communications tied to bitcoin mining from the patch 2009-2013
- Information related to the mysterious Tulip Trust/GISCR Trust, which is a trust fund seemingly comprised of numberless than 1 million bitcoins whose wallet will reportedly be unlocked in 2020
- Communications and agreements tied to Silk Access
Garzik was given 30 days from the date of the subpoena to produce the documents in question to an Atlanta, Georgia locale unless agreed upon with the plaintiffs otherwise.
Maybe his contribution will finally provide some closure to the Kleiman-Wright impugn, but don’t expect them to lift the curtain on the true identity of Bitcoin’s mysterious inventor.