Craig Wright, in an interview with Patrick McLain on YouTube on June 3, said that “no message was signed” when talking about the 145 addresses (part of the “Tulip Trust”) that had signed a message stating that Wright was a “fraud” and “liar”.

The mind(s) behind the message is still unknown, and Wright argues that you can’t have a digital signature that is anonymous. However, others have said that the message in question could not have been embedded without the use of private keys - if true, meaning that Wright does not own those addresses.

The Kleiman estate has been fighting for half of the 1.1 million Bitcoins that Wright allegedly mined with his late business partner Dave Kleiman but the case has faced a number of complications. 

First, in January 2020, the bonded courier that Wright allegedly says holds the private keys failed to arrive. Then on May 20, a transaction of 50 BTC was made from one of the addresses that Wright claimed to own. Then, on May 21, lawyers representing Ira Kleiman, the deceased’s brother, said that Wright already had access to 820,000 BTC according to published documents.

This has proven to be troublesome for Wright, who claims he is Satoshi Nakamoto. According to associate Calvin Ayre, Wright denied that he made the transaction of 50 BTC, which has put enough in a tight spot. If he did not authorize the transaction, someone else with the private keys did. But if he did, then he does have access to the private keys. 

Wright’s trial will start on July 6 in the Southern District of Florida.