A man claiming to be the inventor of Bitcoin has gone public, saying he wants to allay fears about the digital currency and help people understand its potential.

In May 1954, English runner Roger Bannister broke the seemingly impenetrable barrier of the sub-four-minute mile, a month after his rival John Landy proclaimed it to be impossible.

‘Newsweek’ says Satoshi Nakamoto is the creator of cyber currency bitcoin, but the cantankerous, obsessively private engineer has denied it. So is the magazine right, asks Dan Buckley

A Bitcoin trade group will meet today with the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and an array of law-enforcement officials and regulators to discuss oversight of the digital currency.