{"id":3480,"date":"2024-11-29T15:16:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T15:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2024-11-29T15:16:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T15:16:36","slug":"not-the-bitcoin-inventor-uk-court-denies-craig-wrights-appeal-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3480","title":{"rendered":"Not The Bitcoin Inventor: UK Court Denies Craig Wright\u2019s Appeal Application"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UK Court of Appeal has firmly rejected Craig Steven Wright\u2019s (CSW) application to appeal his case asserting he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. The dismissal of Wright\u2019s appeal effectively nullifies his claims, reinforcing the prevailing consensus that he is not the individual behind the pseudonym.<\/p>\n

In May this year, the UK High Court of Justice determined<\/a> that Wright was not Satoshi Nakamoto. This decision was reached in a lawsuit filed against Wright by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a group of companies that alleged Wright had committed forgery to produce evidence supporting his claim of being Nakamoto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Over! Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto<\/h2>\n

On November 28, 2024, the Court of Appeal delivered<\/a> its judgment, unequivocally stating that \u201cDr Wright [\u2026] is not the person who adopted the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, who wrote and published the first version of the Bitcoin White Paper on 31 October 2008, who wrote and released the first version of the Bitcoin Source Code<\/a> and who created the Bitcoin system.\u201d This conclusion was reached after an exhaustive 22-day trial, during which the judge examined a vast array of factual and expert evidence.<\/p>\n

BitMEX Research, in a report shared via X, highlighted critical excerpts from the court\u2019s decision, emphasizing the depth and thoroughness of the judgment. The judge\u2019s decision, spanning 945 paragraphs with an additional 799 paragraphs in the annex, underscored that the evidence demonstrating Wright\u2019s non-identity as Satoshi Nakamoto was \u201coverwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the pivotal factors influencing the judgment were findings that Wright had \u201clied repeatedly and extensively to the court in his evidence\u201d and had \u201cforged a large number of documents\u201d to substantiate his claims. The judge\u2019s thorough analysis included over eight days of cross-examination of Wright and the review of 15 witness statements, which collectively dismantled Wright\u2019s assertions.<\/p>\n

In response to Wright\u2019s post-trial contentions, the judge addressed several of his claims point by point. Wright alleged that the judge \u201cmisinterpreted\u201d various items of evidence and incorrectly attributed documents.<\/p>\n

However, the court states: \u201cDr Wright accuses the judge of bias, but this accusation is baseless. No credible allegation of either actual basis or apparent bias is made by Dr Wright, but only a series of disagreements with the judge\u2019s reasoning. In fact the judge leant over backwards to ensure that Dr Wright received a fair trial. The same goes for the accusation of procedural unfairness.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court also tackled Wright\u2019s challenges regarding the handling of expert evidence. It was clarified that Wright\u2019s experts had \u201cagreed with COPA\u2019s experts on most issues,\u201d undermining his claims about their qualifications and the strategic decisions made by his legal team. Additionally, Wright\u2019s assertions about the improper authentication of documents were rebuffed, as the court operates under the principle that \u201ca document is assumed to be authentic unless its authenticity is properly challenged.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding Wright\u2019s concerns about reasonable adjustments for his Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the court found these allegations \u201cbaseless,\u201d highlighting that the agreed-upon adjustments were effectively implemented and that Wright had even \u201ccommented positively on the experience\u201d post cross-examination.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe judge made the adjustments which were agreed between the parties\u2019 experts on ASD and no complaint was made at trial that they were inadequate or ineffective. At the end of the cross-examination Dr Wright commented positively on the experience. A number of Dr Wright\u2019s allegations under this head are simply false,\u201d the court found.<\/p>\n

Concluding the judgment, the court stated unequivocally, \u201cThe appeals have no prospect of success whatever and there is no other reason to hear them,\u201d thereby bringing an end to Wright\u2019s legal pursuit to validate his identity as Bitcoin\u2019s creator.<\/p>\n

At press time, Bitcoin traded at $97,860.<\/p>\n

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The UK Court of Appeal has firmly rejected Craig Steven Wright\u2019s (CSW) application to appeal his case asserting he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. The dismissal of Wright\u2019s appeal effectively nullifies his claims, reinforcing the prevailing consensus that he is not the individual behind the pseudonym. In May this year, the UK High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-3480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}