In an ongoing lawsuit filed by Craig Wright, self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin, attorneys for the 12 Bitcoin Core developers targeted by Wright filed a preliminary issue application with the UK High Court. The filing purports to dismantle many of the plaintiff’s claims, the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund said in a statement on Monday.

Wright claims to own 111,000 Bitcoin that were allegedly stolen from the Mt Gox exchange. The defense notes that Wright lacks any documentation showing ownership of the missing Bitcoin, and accuse him of fabricating the limited documents provided to the court.

“[We] seek to have this claim struck out on the ground that it is a fraudulent claim and an abuse of process,” Timothy Elliss, an attorney with Enyo Law LLP, said in the filing. “They seek disclosure and other case management directions to enable this threshold issue of fraud to be determined as a preliminary issue.”

A preliminary issue application is a legal tool that aims to resolve specific issues before a trial by addressing key points and potentially saving time and money for those involved in the proceedings. The case is “Tulip Trading Limited v. Bitcoin Association For BSV & Others,” the former being Wright’s company—the name of which ref

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