Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict on Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions.
A Florida jury found that Wright did not owe half of 1.1 million Bitcoin to the family of David Kleiman.
The jury did award $100 million (€88.6 million) in intellectual property rights to a joint venture between the two men - a fraction of what Kleiman's lawyers were asking for at trial.
David Kleiman died in April 2013 at the age of 46. Led by his brother, Ira Kleiman, his family has claimed David Kleiman and Wright were close friends and co-created Bitcoin through a partnership.
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