Security concerns forces Mt. Gox trustee to hold off release of bitcoin addresses

The court-assigned trustee of the defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is putting off the release of the list of bitcoin addresses that was controlled by the digital currency exchange before it went bankrupt.

Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee assigned by the Tokyo District Court, announced back in February that he is planning to release the bitcoin addresses to help “the investigation in understanding the fundamental causes leading to the bankruptcy” of the Japan-based digital currency exchange.

Kobayashi, however, called off the release this week, Cryptocoin News reported.

Instead, the trustee released a statement, in which he explained his belief that “the potential negative effect resulting from the release of the address would be much more detrimental compared to the degree of benefits that can be gained.”