Australian Bitcoin âcreatorâ files UK lawsuit to retrieve $5.6B cryptocurrency fortune He's seeking to retain 111,000 Bitcoins Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That's one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say "Bleh." Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That's one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say "Bleh." Another day, another person claiming theyâve created Bitcoin. Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist, has launched a $5.6 billion lawsuit in a London high court to retrieve 111,000 Bitcoins, claiming that heâs the inventor of the cryptocurrency.