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Satoshi-era bitcoin at center of $285 billion lawsuit moves after 14 years
Key takeaways
- The original coins were received on March 27, 2011, when bitcoin traded at less than a dollar.
- The court authorized on-chain service of the defendants through OP_RETURN messages, a Bitcoin transaction field that lets users embed short text or URLs permanently on the blockchain.
- The 1LwWt wallet was served on July 31, 2025, with a 90-day window to respond.
The wallet, 1LwWtSs7tMCwcRczQd5kVMv3xpWw6w4Sxe, sent 15 BTC to a new address and held the remaining 20.55 BTC as change in transaction b90755b at 16:46 UTC on June 2, recorded in Bitcoin block 952,104, per mempool.space data.
The original coins were received on March 27, 2011, when bitcoin traded at less than a dollar.
The lawsuit, filed March 11, 2026 at the New York County Supreme Court under index number 153119/2026 and amended on May 1, names a pseudonymous plaintiff identified only as Noah Doe along with two Wyoming LLCs holding assigned interests, ABC Company and XYZ Company.
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