Key Points
- UK court rejects Craig Wright’s appeal application in the COPA vs CSW case.
- Wright’s claim of being Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, is dismissed by the court.
Craig Steven Wright’s attempt to force Bitcoin developers to acknowledge him as the creator of Bitcoin through a UK court has been met with failure. The Australian businessman’s application for an appeal has been dismissed. The court document from November 29 reveals that a judge from the UK’s Court of Appeal concluded that there was no need for further hearings as the evidence provided by Wright clearly showed he is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin.
The judge was tasked with determining whether Wright was indeed the individual behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, who authored the first version of the Bitcoin White Paper, released the first version of the Bitcoin Source Code, and established the Bitcoin system. According to the court document, the judge determined that the answer was no.
Details of the COPA vs Wright Case
Earlier this year, Justice James Mellor ruled that Wright was not the original author of Bitcoin’s whitepaper and therefore not the creator known as Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite this, Wright was not satisfied with the court’s decision and filed for an appeal.
Wright contends that Bitcoin core developers have altered the network’s original features through several upgrades including the Taproot and the SegWit. However, the evidence he provided was not sufficient to prove him as Satoshi Nakamoto.
The judge stated that Wright had provided forged documents to the court, which did not support his claims. In response, Wright claimed that the judge was biased in the earlier ruling.
The Crypto Open Patent Allowance (COPA) alleges that Wright’s recent case breached an injunction. Wright, on the other hand, continues to assert that Bitcoin core developers owe him $1 trillion as he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto.
A two-day hearing is scheduled in London on December 18, 2024, to decide whether the new case violated the injunction. With the dismissal of the appeal case, Wright has the option to take the case to the UK’s Supreme Court, although legal experts believe the outcome will be the same.
The Mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto
The true identity of the creator of Bitcoin has remained a mystery for over 15 years. Last month, American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) attempted to unmask Satoshi Nakamoto but was unsuccessful. HBO suggested that Peter Todd was the true creator of Bitcoin, a claim that he strongly denied.
Regardless of the unresolved identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, it is the whale investors who hold the majority of Bitcoin’s total supply.
