- According to a court document submitted on Tuesday, Craig Wright was directed by U.K. Judge James Mellor to state on his website, Slack, and on X that he is not the founder of bitcoin.
- Wright’s website has been updated with the changes.
A judge has ordered Australian computer scientist Craig Wright to acknowledge that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto, despite his years-long denials.
According to a court document posted on Tuesday, UK Judge James Mellor ordered Wright to publish on his website, Slack, and on X that he is not the originator of bitcoin.
In April 2021, Wright was sued by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, or COPA, to prevent him from claiming copyright over the Bitcoin database and whitepaper. Wright was requested by COPA to come clean on those three platforms.
Since he seems to use X/Twitter or his Slack channels as his main means of reaching out to interested parties, I do not think a notification on his website alone would be sufficient.
Judge Mellor’s court document states that I will order the publication of an amended version of the notice that COPA is seeking, reflecting the injunctions I am granting, on his website’s homepage (rather than just through a link) for a period of six months, as well as a three-month period for the same amended notice to be pinned on his X/Twitter feed and on all Slack channels.
Wright’s website has been updated with the changes.
The High Court of England and Wales determined on May 20, 2024, that Dr. Craig Steven Wright had lied in his declarations that he was the person who created Bitcoin under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Wright’s denials are included in the ruling.
Judge Mellor declared in March that Craig Wright is neither the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper or Satoshi Nakamoto, citing strong evidence against him. During the trial, two significant figures in the creation of Bitcoin—including Adam Back, the person who came up with the proof-of-work consensus mechanism—testedified.
Judge Mellor also forwarded Wright to the Crown Prosecution Service on Tuesday so they may investigate claims of forgery and perjury.
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