NY Lawsuit Claims 39,069 Dormant BTC Wallets as Abandoned…

A 901-page lawsuit filed under the pseudonym "Noah Doe" — alongside two Wyoming LLCs — is asking a New York court to declare 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallet addresses abandoned property, potentially opening the door to a legal claim over their contents. The filing reportedly includes early miner wallets and at least one address linked to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator.

The case touches several of the most sensitive fault lines in Bitcoin's history: dormant early-miner coins, the Mt. Gox hack's aftermath, and the question of whether long-inactive wallets can be treated under traditional property abandonment law. Bitcoin's design has no built-in mechanism for reclaiming unclaimed addresses, making any court-ordered transfer legally and technically unprecedented.