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A number of witnesses took the stand for Dr. Craig Wright in London’s COPA v Wright trial this week, telling the court in various ways that their experience with Dr. Wright before the public release of the Bitcoin White Paper makes him a likely candidate to be Satoshi Nakamoto. The most dramatic of these came from Rob Jenkins, a former business associate and later friend of Dr. Wright appearing via video link. Jenkins told the court that while he hadn’t been sent any pre-release draft of the Bitcoin White Paper, he does remember being shown a document by Dr. Wright which included ‘Timecoin’ in the header. When Dr. Wright’s testimony earlier in the trial led us through a series of pre-release Bitcoin documents he has in his possession, ‘Timecoin’ featured heavily in both early iterations of Dr. Wright’s work on Bitcoin and in handwritten notes he made during the years leading up to Bitcoin’s release. The revelation was so significant that it left COPA’s barrister—Jonathan Moss of Hogarth Chambers—with no choice but to accuse Jenkins of being ‘prepped’ for his testimony, at one point demanding that Jenkins hold his notes up to the camera (Jenkins had already told the court he had scribbled ‘Timecoin’ down). Earlier in the trial, Dr. Wright was goaded by Jonathan Hough KC for COPA that of the many people Dr. Wright has said he gave early drafts of the Bitcoin White Paper to, only two (alleged financial backer Stefan Matthews and Dr. Wright’s uncle Don Lynam) have been willing to go on record. As of this week, COPA can add another name to the list. Jenkins’ also gave testimony that lined up with that of a witness on Friday— Mark Archbold, who was IT Manager at Lasseters Casino when Dr. Wright was implementing their security…

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