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Anonymous Plaintiff Legal Claim to Dormant Bitcoin a Lost Course-Experts


Anonymous Plaintiff Legal Claim to Dormant Bitcoin a Lost Course-Experts

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An anonymous plaintiff identified as Noah Doe has asked a court to assign ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets, attempting to exploit a legal loophole around dormant crypto assets. Prominent crypto experts including Jameson Lopp and Adam Back dismiss the move as futile, noting that Bitcoin ownership is determined by cryptographic keys and network consensus rather than courts, highlighting legal risk but no material impact on Bitcoin security or adoption.

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  • An anonymous plaintiff is laying legal claims to 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets.
  • The claimant is trying to exploit a legal loophole in the ownership of dormant properties.
  • Multiple crypto experts say the claimant’s activities amount to efforts in futility.

Cryptocurrency experts have dismissed the legal requests of Noah Doe, an anonymous plaintiff, asking the court to assign ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets to him. 

Casa’s co-founder, Jameson Lopp, describes Doe’s request to the court as “Insanity.” According to Lopp, Bitcoin does not care about the judge or jurisdiction. He noted that the only court that matters in Bitcoin is the court of public opinion.

Similarly, Blockstream founder, Adam Back, said the only thing that matters in the Bitcoin network is the “cold calculus of mathematics.”

Doe filed a 901…

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