Australian man Craig Wright who says he created bitcoin takes £4bn claim to London high court

Computer scientist demands 16 software developers give access to 111,000 bitcoins in case one defendant has called bogus'

An Australian computer scientist who claims he created bitcoin has launched a London high court lawsuit against 16 software developers in an effort to secure bitcoin worth around 4bn pounds (A$5.7bn) he says he owns.

In a case that was promptly labelled bogus" by one defendant, Craig Wright is demanding that developers allow him to retrieve about 111,000 bitcoins held at two digital addresses that he does not have private keys for.