A crypto currency lawyer filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Internal Security to reveal those who really invent Bitcoin.
James Murphy, also called ‘Metallawman’ online, wants the government to give information about Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious figure behind the world’s largest crypto currency.
The case aims at the state institution through Bitcoin Creator Mystery
Accordingly Court Documents Murphy, who was filed at the DC Regional Court, believes that DHS hides important information about who invented Bitcoin.
The lawyer brought former US lawyer Brian Field, a lawyer of the Freedom of Information Law to strengthen his case.
Murphy’s case focuses on statements allegedly made by DHS Special Agent Rana Saoud at an industrial conference in 2019.
The lawsuit filed by James Murphy in a D.C. District Court.
During the presentation of the representative, it was reported that the department claimed to define four people, not one person. Bitcoin’s creators. These people apparently interviewed in California, where Bitcoin explained the work and reasons for creation.
Despite Bitcoin’s big growth, the episode never shared these names to the public, despite a crypto currency with a market value exceeding $ 1 trillion.
The great mystery of the 21st century – Bitcoin creator “Satoshi Nakamoto?”
The United States claims that he knows the answer – but he doesn’t speak.
Today I sued the US government to find out exactly what they know.
🧵👇
– Metallawman (@metalawman) April 7, 2025
Former prosecutor joined Fight for creative information
Murphy, if the government really has this information, should not be hidden from the public, as the DHS special agent claims. Crypto in America.
“Bitcoin has become very popular among investors around the world, and emphasized the public interest.
Murphy said he hoped that the DHS Secretary Kristi Noem will voluntarily publish information by Trump administration as part of transparency efforts. However, if the department is not a collaborator, he said he was willing to continue this case as much as he should go to solve this mystery ”.
DHS has not yet commented on the case.
The Bitcoin community was separated on the emergence of its creative identity
Nakamoto’s possible mask created contradictory reactions between the crypto currency communities. Some of the Bitcoin supporters want to know the truth, but others are afraid of revealing the creator of Bitcoin’s reputation or destroying the decentralized foundations.
This is not the first attempt to describe Satoshi Nakamoto. Last year, HBO released a documentary titled “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, allegedly claiming that Bitcoin core developer Peter Todd was behind the Nakamoto identity.
TODD strongly rejected these allegations, and claimed that the filmmaker could endanger him by saying “irresponsible” to the filmmaker.
Legal War can end my 15 -year mystery
Murphy’s case represents the last part of a 15 -year mystery that fascinates technology and financial worlds since Bitcoin’s creation in 2009.
Nakamoto disappeared shortly after launching Bitcoin, just leaving the texts and codes behind, but there was no approved identity.
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