The US FBI has issued a subpoena seeking personal information from attendees at the 2022 Bitcoin Core developer event, according to Mike Schmidt, co-founder of Bitcoin non-profit Brink. The FBI subpoena reportedly relates to Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr’s claim that approximately 216 BTC was stolen in a hack.
“As part of the investigation into Luke Dashjr’s Bitcoin theft announcement, I received a subpoena from the FBI a few days before TABConf 2022 requesting information about attendees of the October 2022 CoreDev Atlanta event,” Schmidt said in a screenshot of the email. . Posted On Wednesday, anonymous X user mikeinspace wrote: “I have been advised to cooperate legally.”
Schmidt, who confirmed to The Block that he sent the email, said in a message to attendees that he had provided the FBI with his first and last name, GitHub username and email address. Schmidt also said he requested that the FBI not release the subpoena for one year. The subpoena expired shortly before he sent the email.
“I don’t know any details about the investigation or whether the subpoenas are for targeted suspects or general information gathering as part of the investigation,” Schmidt added.
Brink’s co-founder told The Block he has not had any contact with the FBI since and declined to comment further.
Luke Dashjur
Bitcoin core developer Luke Dashjr assert He lost over 200 BTC due to a Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) key compromise on December 31, 2022, resulting in a loss of approximately $3.3 million at the time. At current market value, 200 BTC is worth over $14 million.
Dashjr is also known for its explicit behavior. Criticism of Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens On the Bitcoin blockchain. “Inscriptions is exploiting a vulnerability in Bitcoin Core to spam the blockchain,” Dashjr said in an X post last December.
Dashjr, who is also a co-founder of the Ocean mining pool, did not respond to The Block’s request for comment on the announced FBI investigation into the Bitcoin hack.
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