Computer scientist and entrepreneur Craig Wright has changed the homepage of his website to reflect a legal disclaimer that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto.
The Crypto Open Patent Alliance accused Wright of forgery in court and claimed that he “invented an entire biographical history.”
Perhaps the most significant portions of the disclaimer were the first and second points admitting that Wright was not the author of the Bitcoin white paper and the concession that the computer scientist does not hold a copyright to the technology outlined in the white paper.Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Craig Wright
Wright had been making claims since 2016 that he was the fabled, pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. The legal battle reached a crescendo in 2024 when the Crypto Open Patent Alliance presented over 50 pieces of evidenceDuring the trial, COPA called on forensic experts and onchain analysts to testify that Wright had produced a trove of elaborate forgeries and metadata that showed signs of tampering.
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