[2015-12-09] BS: Australian identified as possible Bitcoin founder: reports

[polynesia]

Australian identified as possible Bitcoin founder: reports

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/australian-identified-as-possible-bitcoin-founder-reports-115120900545_1.html

Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has been identified by tech publications as possibly the mysterious founder of online cryptocurrency Bitcoin, shortly before his Sydney home was reportedly raided in a tax probe today.

There has long been speculation about who was behind the software written in 2009 under the Japanese-sounding name Satoshi Nakamoto, with various media outlets unsuccessfully trying to find out.

[polynesia]

This news seems to have caught the attention of Indian media.  

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/australian-identified-as-possible-bitcoin-founder-reports-115120900545_1.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Australian-police-raid-home-of-reported-bitcoin-creator/articleshow/50101427.cms
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/australian-police-raid-sydney-home-of-reported-bitcoin-creator-775568
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/YNUxh19y9Eszg8yCPj721H/Australian-police-raid-Sydney-home-of-probable-bitcoin-creat.html
http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-the-creator-of-bitcoin-could-be-a-guy-named-craig-wright-2153837
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-australian-police-raid-house-of-man-believed-to-be-bitcoin-creator-2153803
http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/international/australian-police-raid-sydney-home-of-reported-bitcoin-creator_1832430.html
http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/australian-identified-as-possible-bitcoin-founder-reports/923336

[Fernandez]

Yet another founder/witch hunt ....

[polynesia]

Yet another founder/witch hunt ....

This has become a regular feature these days.
Journalists can just not stop trying.