🚨 Bitcoin miners sued over cryptography patents!! Are YOU at risk?!

Malikie Innovations, the firm that bought 32,000 BlackBerry patents in 2023, has just sued Marathon Digital and Core Scientific - two major Bitcoin miners - claiming they’re infringing on patents related to elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), the same cryptography Bitcoin relies on.

Here’s the key: 

🔹 Malikie claims to own the IP behind ECC, and now says miners using it owe them. 

🔹 If they win, they could go after years of back royalties, which could mean huge payouts or even bankruptcies for mining firms. 🔹 Malikie could then set precedent to sue more miners, threatening wider parts of the ecosystem.

But don’t panic - lawyers say it’s unlikely this hits individuals or the Bitcoin network itself.

According to legal experts:

— Miners are the targets because they’re “deep pockets”

— Most users won’t be affected

— Malikie is probably looking to settle, not destroy Bitcoin

— Patent scope might be too narrow or expired to hold up in court

This could become a drawn-out legal battle - or just another attempt to extract payouts quietly. Still, it’s a reminder: open-source tech isn’t immune to IP traps, and Bitcoin’s legal frontier is still being defined. One lawsuit won’t stop Bitcoin. But the legal pressure is heating up. #BitcoinMining #Mining #Miners #Bitcoin2025 #CryptoMarketNews