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The CIA, BlackRock, or a deceased person. These are the most likely identities of the notoriously reclusive creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, now that Craig Wright’s long-standing claims have been utterly demolished in a UK court.
Craig Wright vs. COPA
As we noted in a post back in early February, Bitcoin’s whitepaper was published anonymously back in 2009 by an individual – or a group of people – under the alias Satoshi Nakamoto, who currently owns between 750,000 BTC and 1.1 million BTC. Since 2011, all attempts to contact Nakamoto have remained in vain, leading to vicious bouts of speculation.
In 2016, Craig Wright, an Australian academic, started claiming that he was the founder of Bitcoin. In 2019, Wright was able to obtain a US copyright for Bitcoin’s whitepaper. A subsequent clarification by the US Copyrights Office noted that it does not investigate legal ownership credentials and rather focuses on whether a particular work is eligible for a copyright, adding that all ensuing disputes are usually settled in courts. This then prompted the Crypto Open Patent Association (COPA) to sue Craig Wright in a UK court.
COPA vs CSW – The trial is now over
COPA won and CSW lost.
The final words from Judge Mellor below:
“Having considered all the evidence and submissions presented to me in this trial, I’ve reached the conclusion that the evidence is overwhelming. Therefore, for the reasons…
— BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) March 14, 2024
This brings us to the crux of the matter. While a final judgment in this high-profile case will likely take months to materialize, apparently the evidence against Craig Wright was so “overwhelming” that the judge made a series of declarations that utterly demolished Craig Wright’s claims to the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto:
- Dr. Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin Whitepaper.
- Dr Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto from 2008 to 2011.
- Dr Wright is not the person who created the Bitcoin System.
- Craig Wright is not the author of the initial versions of the Bitcoin software.
For over eight years, Dr. Wright and his financial backers have lied about his identity as Satoshi Nakamoto and used that lie to bully and intimidate developers in the bitcoin community. 3/4
— COPA (@opencryptoorg) March 14, 2024
COPA issued a statement in the aftermath of the momentous ruling which was brimming with righteous indignation.
NotSatoshi: Craig Wright Gets Brutally Trolled
These judicial observations have set off a literal troll-fest against Craig Wright and his ill-fated ambitions to claim the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
Faketoshi’s pinned tweet got community noted.
(The BBC calling him a computer scientist deserves its own community note, however. No computer scientist is unable to explain what an unsigned integer is.) pic.twitter.com/IHAGN1Egq9
— Norbert ⚡️ (@bitnorbert) March 15, 2024
After all, even the most amateur of computer scientists knows what an “unsigned integer” is.
Here’s the transcription of the judge’s ruling today. Been looking for it, since I missed the live stream.
Cultists have been coping saying it wasn’t a ruling, just Mellor listing things he would have to consider. They should read this. (From https://t.co/HwbrPLq4BZ) pic.twitter.com/2fApsvyofz
— Norbert ⚡️ (@bitnorbert) March 14, 2024
Wright’s cultists are not being spared either.
That’s like four billion, 287 million, 839 thousand, 420 31469 minutes. Which is over 8,000 years at the gym now.
You ok @Dr_CSWright ? pic.twitter.com/foXfMbXIXY
— Robin Nakamoto (@RobinNakamoto) March 14, 2024
Dr. Wright’s predictions vis-a-vis the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) token have yet to pan out.
Craig Wright is literally the only person on the planet who is legally not Satoshi
This T-shirt is absolutely spot on after today. Available soon on @degen_swag 💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/8X22VJnpqb
— Robin Nakamoto (@RobinNakamoto) March 14, 2024
But the cherry on top rightly belongs to this X post.
its very amusing that the person who has tried the hardest to convince the world he is satoshi is the only person on the planet a court has said is specifically not satoshi
— nic 🌠 carter (@nic__carter) March 14, 2024
The irony behind Craig Wright becoming the only person in the world who is definitively not Satoshi Nakamoto is resonating with quite a few netizens.