A judge decided on Thursday that Craig Wright was not Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin.
In a UK Court, the Crypto Open Patent Alliance won against Wright.
According to a COPA spokesperson, Justice James Mellor — who oversaw the case — declared that Wright isn’t the author of the Bitcoin white paper, never operated under Nakamoto’s pseudonym, didn’t create Bitcoin, and didn’t author the original versions of the network.
“Any further relief will be dealt with in my written judgment. I will extend time for filing any appellant’s notice until 21 days after the form of order hearing, which will be appointed following the hand down of my written judgment,” Mellor spoke to the court.
COPA’s legal battle, begun in 2021, was finally put to an end with the findings of a trial that lasted a full month.
It hoped that Wright would not take further legal action against the members of both crypto and developer communities.
“This decision is a win for developers, for the entire open source community and for the truth. For over eight years, Dr. Wright and his financial backers have lied about his identity as Satoshi Nakamoto and used that lie to bully and intimidate developers in the Bitcoin community. That ends today with the court’s ruling that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto,” A COPA spokesperson informed Blockworks via email.
Mellor has found Wright’s evidence, reports a COPA alert. “overwhelming.”
Participants and analysts in the crypto industry weighed-in on this decision.
“Satoshi understood the value of decentralization and built Bitcoin so that it could not be controlled by a single person or entity,” A Kraken spokesperson said to Blockworks. “We’re pleased the court recognized the overwhelming evidence that categorically settles that Wright is not Satoshi.”
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Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer, said the court had ruled. “definitively and without qualification.”
Grewal has also asked Wright to apologize. “every developer, builder and BTC community member whom you harassed and bullied with your lies and false demands.”
COPA is made up of Block, MicroStrategy (Coinbase), and Kraken. Wright filed previous lawsuits against Block and Kraken.
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