Let's just state it at the outset: I am nowhere near qualified enough to say whether Australian entrepreneur Craig Steven Wright is indeed "Satoshi Nakamoto", the mysterious bitcoin mastermind.

People who are far smarter and understand the crypto-currency far better than me are still divided on the matter. And many point out that the true identity of the figure is irrelevant.

Craig Wright, the Australian businessman who claimed to have been the inventor of Bitcoin but then backed away from proving it.

What I do know is Wright, who finally surfaced overnight in interviews with the UK's BBC and The Economist, claiming to indeed be Nakomoto, was actively courting Australian investors for one of his bitcoin business ventures as recently as two years ago.

You might recall that in December, Wright's home in suburban Sydney was spectacularly raided by the Australian Federal Police and Australian Taxation Office, just hours after US media outlets claimed he was likely the mysterious bitcoin founder, claims that were subsequently questioned.