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In an unexpected turn of events, U.K. judge James Mellor has ruled that the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright is nothing more than a self-proclaimed one. The judge’s ruling has now made the whole crypto community sigh with relief – Wright is officially not Satoshi Nakamoto, not the author of the Bitcoin code and not the author of the BTC whitepaper.
This came as a result of a lawsuit brought by COPA (the Crypto Open Patent Alliance) against Craig Wright, begun in 2021. In 2016, Australian computer scientist Wright proclaimed himself to be Satoshi.
Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto or the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper, U.K. Judge James Mellor said after closing arguments in the Crypto Open Patent Alliance trial on Thursday. CoinDesk reported. After finding that the evidence was "overwhelming," the judge said he plans…
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) March 14, 2024
Twitter cofounder and Bitcoin evangelist Jack Dorsey also posted the judge’s ruling on his Twitter/X page.
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— jack (@jack) March 14, 2024
"I will make certain declarations which I am satisfied are useful and are necessary to do justice between the parties. First, that Dr Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin White Paper. Second, Dr Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym Satoshi…
In 2018, Wright also launched Bitcoin SV (Satoshi Vision) crypto, claiming that this is the “real” Bitcoin, and BTC has nothing to do with the initial coin launched in 2009.