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A UK High Court judge has dealt a crushing blow to computer scientist Craig Wright’s long-standing claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. The ruling, published on May 20, 2024, by Justice James Mellor, concludes that Wright lied “extensively and repeatedly” and committed forgery “on a grand scale” in his quest to prove his identity as the enigmatic figure behind the world’s first decentralized digital currency. TLDR A UK judge has ruled that Craig Wright lied “extensively and repeatedly” in his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin The judge found that Wright forged documents “on a grand scale” to support his false claims Wright has abandoned multiple lawsuits connected to his claim since the initial oral ruling in March The ruling prevents Wright from bringing further lawsuits in the UK based on his claim to being Satoshi Nakamoto While the ruling is limited geographically, it may be persuasive to courts in other countries addressing Wright’s IP claims over Bitcoin The judgment comes as the culmination of a six-week trial earlier in the year, which was part of a civil lawsuit brought against Wright by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a nonprofit consortium of crypto companies. COPA sought a declaration from the court that Wright is not the creator of Bitcoin, aiming to prevent him from pursuing multiple lawsuits against Bitcoin developers and other parties based on this claim. Throughout the trial, Wright was presented with hundreds of alleged indications of forgery in the documents he submitted as evidence. Despite his attempts to justify the abnormalities, the judge remained unconvinced. In his ruling, Justice Mellor stated, “It is clear that Dr. Wright engaged in the deliberate production of false documents to support false claims and use the Courts as a vehicle for fraud.” The…

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Filed under: News - @ May 21, 2024 9:20 pm