Anonymous Plaintiff Seeks Legal Title to $293 Billion in Dormant Bitcoin, Without Holding Any Private Keys

A pseudonymous individual named 'Noah Doe' and two Wyoming LLCs filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court seeking legal ownership of 3.8 million BTC ($293 billion) held in 39,069 dormant Bitcoin addresses. The case cites New York's lost-and-found property statute (Article 7-B), which traditionally applies to physical objects, arguing that the plaintiff fulfilled requirements by reporting address data to police and waiting for owner responses. The addresses include those linked to Bitcoin's creator (Satoshi Nakamoto) and stolen Mt. Gox funds.