last week , the bitcoin community heard about ucla professor ’s tax affairs .
wright had hardly begun to introduce sydney , australia — the australian authorities on wednesday raided the home of a computer expert and entrepreneur in suburban sydney , just hours after two news outlets identified the man as a likely creator of the digital currency bitcoin .
the australian federal police said the raid on the residence of the man , craig steven wright , was for a tax investigation , and a spokesman said it had no connection to the bitcoin reports .
apart from chowdhry ’s disclosure , it seems nakamoto even as his face towered 10 feet above the crowd at the bitcoin investor ’s conference in las vegas , craig steven wright was , to most of the audience of crypto and finance geeks , a nobody .
but , as we also reported , the nomination by chowdhry itself proved counterproductive when a comment underneath the professor ’s post explained that nobel foundation rules forbid public disclosure of nominations for 50 years i.e.
even the panel ’s moderator , a bitcoin blogger named michele seven , seemed concerned the audience would n’t know why he was there .
the 44 - year - old australian , skyping into the d hotel ballroom ’s screen , wore the bitcoin enthusiast ’s equivalent of camouflage : a black blazer and a tieless , rumpled shirt , his brown hair neatly parted .
even the panel ’s moderator , a bitcoin blogger named michele seven , seemed concerned the audience would n’t know why he was there .
wright and the late dave kleiman , an american computer forensics expert who even as his face towered 10 feet above the crowd at the bitcoin investor ’s conference in las vegas , craig steven wright was , to most of the audience of crypto and finance geeks , a nobody .