Police raid Bitcoin ‘founder’ house in Australia

Police raided a home in Sydney where Wright reportedly lived with his family. The Guardian Australia said police forced open the property with staff wearing white gloves seen from the street searching the cupboards and surfaces of the garage. “The Australian Federal Police can confirm it has conducted search warrants to assist the Australian Taxation Office at a residence in Gordon, Sydney,” police said in a statement, without confirming it belonged to Wright. 

There has long been speculation about who was behind the software written in 2009 under the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Whoever is behind it likely wants to keep their identify secret as detractors say Bitcoin’s use on the underground Silk Road website, where users could buy drugs and guns with it, could link them with criminal activity. 

Technology-focused websites Wired and Gizmodo have suggested Wright is the bitcoin founder. “The signs point to Craig Steven Wright, a man who never even made it onto any Nakamoto hunters’ public list of candidates, yet fits the cryptocurrency creator’s profile in nearly every detail,” said Wired of its investigation.