Craig Wright has admitted he is not Satoshi, posting a disclaimer on his website.
Craig Wright posted a legal disclaimer on his website's homepage on July 16, emphasizing that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin.
The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a coalition of developers, exchanges and projects to promote and facilitate innovation, led the web traffic citing a recent ruling from the UK High Court summarizing the findings. Open source environment in crypto.
Perhaps the most significant parts of the disclaimer are the first and second points, in which Wright admits that he is not the author of the Bitcoin white paper and that the computer scientist does not own the copyright to the technology described in the white paper.
Open Crypto Patent Alliance v Craig Wright.
In the year In 2023, Wright sued several Bitcoin developers for infringing his copyrights on some of the underlying technology for the distributed ledger system and claimed rights to the Bitcoin database.
Wright The myth of Bitcoin since 2016, when the anonymous creator of Bitcoin was revealed to be Satoshi Nakamoto. The legal battle reached its peak in 2024, when the Crypto Open Patent Alliance submitted more than 50 pieces of evidence refuting Wright's claims.
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During the trial, COPA asked forensic experts and onchain analysts to testify that RightWrite had created sophisticated fake data and metadata that showed signs of fraud.
In the end, Judge James Mellor concluded that COPA's arguments, showing that the creator of a highly technical system like Bitcoin would not have made the careless errors found in Wright's forgeries and distorted metadata, concluded that Wright was not Satoshi.
Recently, Wright's assets were blocked by the UK's High Court to compensate podcaster Peter McCormack for $2 million in legal fees he spent defending a defamation suit brought by Wright in 2019.
Additionally, Wright's legal troubles may not be over yet. Following the UK High Court ruling, Judge Mellor Wright recommended that he be investigated by the Crown Prosecution Service for perjury.
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