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A British judge has ruled that Dr. Craig Wright “repeatedly and extensively lied” in Dr. Wright's lawsuit claiming to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. “The attempt to prove that Dr. Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto is the most serious abuse of process of this court,” said Judge James Mellor of the High Court of Justice in a judgment published today. .
The evidence that Mr. Wright is Nakamoto is “at best dubious, of highly questionable relevance, or entirely circumstantial, and at worst, I am convinced that it was falsified on a large scale by Dr. Wright.” “is fabricated on the basis of a document that exists, or both,'' the Mellor decision said. .
Today's written ruling comes two months after Mellor issued an oral verdict saying the evidence showed Wright was not the person who created Bitcoin. “It is clear that Dr. Wright knowingly created false documents in order to support his false claims and to use the court as a means of defrauding him. At this trial, several documents Despite admitting that it is not genuine (the following points are generally criticized).'' others), he steadfastly refused to acknowledge the forged documents and instead lied repeatedly and extensively in an attempt to deflect suspicions of forgery. ”
Mellor's ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the nonprofit Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), which disproves Wright's claims of invention of Bitcoin and provides intellectual protection for the system. The suit is said to have been filed to stop the company from claiming property rights. Wright, an Australian computer scientist, began claiming to have created Bitcoin in 2016.
“The Decisive Victory of Truth”
The oral judgment in March, issued after a six-week trial, already appears to have an impact on Mr Wright's legal claims. “In the weeks since his initial ruling, Mr. Wright has waived multiple lawsuits related to or based on his claim to be the founder of Bitcoin,” Wired wrote today.
COPA called today's ruling “a turning point for the open source community and, more importantly, a decisive victory for truth. “We can continue the important work of maintaining, iterating, and improving the coin network.” A costly and time-consuming lawsuit from Craig Wright. ”
A statement posted to Craig Wright's X account today said that he “intends to fully appeal the court's decision regarding his identity.” Wright's X account profile refers to him as the “creator of Bitcoin.”
According to the Mellor judgment, “Dr. Wright presents himself as a very intelligent person” but “is not as intelligent as he thinks he is. His written evidence and several days of oral evidence in cross-examination I am completely satisfied that Dr. Wright has lied extensively and repeatedly in court, with most of his lies relating to documents he forged purporting to support his claims. , his lies and forged documents all supported his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, his biggest lie. . ”
