Shortly before Christmas, the case of Craig Wright vs. Dave Kleiman received further impetus. After the self-appointed Bitcoin inventor was already sentenced in August to hand over half of the Bitcoin originally mined by Satoshi, 500,000 BTC, to his former partner Dave Kleiman and his heirs, the day of decision is now approaching.

The notorious Tulip Trust is to be activated on 1 January 2020. While Wright claims that he does not have access to the private keys of the over 1 million Bitcoin, as these are held in the Tulip Trust, a trust company based in the Seychelles, a courier is to return Dave Kleimans keys on January 1. However, a courier is to return Dave Kleimans keys on January 1.

Wright claims that Kleiman has hired a courier under customs seal who will return the keys to Wright on January 1st. Whether the courier will ever show up, however, is more than questionable. Wright has already made provision during the court proceedings for an excuse in case the courier does not appear. In a court statement he said that Kleiman never confirmed to him whether he had actually hired a courier.

Next Wednesday, however, Craig Wright could possibly receive the keys to more than 1 million Bitcoins and the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto could be finally clarified. The chances of this happening are considered very slim by many members of the industry. While the confirmation could send Wright`s Bitcoin SV (BSV) to the moon, the non-appearance of the courier could be another blow to the BSV price.

Regardless of the big decision day, the Wright vs. Kleiman case continued even before Christmas. On December 23, Wrights attorneys filed two documents one was a response in support of an appeal against a previous court order, while the other was a response to a request from the Kleiman estate regarding the hearing of his wife, Ramona Watts.

The first document is about Wrights refusal to release a list of his Bitcoin addresses since August. Wrights lawyers argue that he should not be punished for not being able to give out the list. In particular, Wright has made efforts to restore the list by ordering the CTO of nChain to produce it.

The second document is about Wrights wife, Ramona Watts, who is to testify as a witness. Kleimans lawyers filed a motion on December 21 requesting that she be allowed to travel and legal counsel so that she could testify in the U.S. court. Watts, however, demanded costs between $65,000 and $164,000, which the Kleiman side rejected. Wrights lawyers argued in the new letter that the Kleimans would have to pay the costs, as the hearing is requested solely by the plaintiffs.

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Last Updated on 26 December, 2019

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