Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, UK judge rules: report

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A U.K. judge ruled that early Bitcoin developer Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto.
The judge said the evidence was “overwhelming,” according to CoinDesk.

A U.K. judge ruled that Craig Wright is indeed not Satoshi Nakamoto or the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper, according to CoinDesk.

The case, lodged by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), reached closing arguments this week, according to a post from the alliance. The group's goal was to prove that Wright, an early Bitcoin developer who claims to be the pseudonymous bitcoin creator, is not Satoshi Nakamoto.

U.K. Judge James Mellor said the evidence was "overwhelming," CoinDesk reported.

Two key figures in Bitcoin's creation took the stand last month including Adam Back, pioneer of Bitcoin's proof-of-work consensus system, and early Bitcoin contributor Martti Malmi. Both disputed claims from Wright's testimony, according to previous reporting at The Block. Both argued that Wright was not Nakamoto.

COPA first filed the lawsuit in April 2021 and aimed to stop Wright from asserting copyright claims over the Bitcoin whitepaper and database.

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