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Closing statements on behalf of the Twitter user targeted by Wright suggests the case could hinge on vagaries of Norwegian defamation law as much as the identity of bitcoin’s founder. Source
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Andresen has since all but denounced Wright, saying he had “bamboozled” him with “funky proof” on that day in 2016. Andresen’s faith in Wright’s identity as Satoshi has been a cornerstone of Wright’s defense in his trial against Hodlonaut (real name Magnus Granath), one of two simultaneous legal battles between the
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As GQ Australia’s Stuart McGurk summarized O’Hagan’s findings, nCrypt had agreed to “buy up [Wright’s] companies and settle his debts,” including huge debts to the Australian Taxation Office. “In return, [Wright would] work on patents linked to the underlying blockchain technology behind bitcoin. And [Wright] would publicly out himself as
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However, Wright told the court, before his account was deleted, he received an influx of nasty DMs, some threatening physical violence to his family. He said he’d never received DMs of such an aggressive nature before Hodlonaut’s March 2019 tweets (though later, in cross examination, he admitted he’d been sent
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Satoshi, Manshaus said, means “Ash” in Japanese – and Wright chose it because he wanted Bitcoin to take down the legacy financial system, and “rise like a phoenix from its ashes.” It had the added benefit, according to Manshaus, of being the Japanese-language name of Pokemon character Ash Ketchum. (Note: CryptoX
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She went on to read the court a series of tweets from various users calling Wright a faker and demanding he provide cryptographic proof he is Satoshi – as well as his often-vitriolic responses, calling his critics and other well-known figures in the crypto space “losers,” “scum,” “frauds,” “soy boys”
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In an interview on CoinDesk TV’s “All About Bitcoin,” the pseudonymous website editor Hodlonaut said he was “very confident” about an upcoming defamation court case involving nChain Chief Scientist Craig Wright. Original Source
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A prominent member of the Bitcoin community, Hodlnaut, has received a 47 bitcoin donation ahead of a defamation court hearing involving Craig Wright. Original Source
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A U.K. court has dismissed a case against Bitcoin developers by Craig Wright.The court says that Tulip Trading Limited has not established a serious issue to be tried on the merits of the claim.Wright and TTL could still appeal against the decision. Craig Wright’s case against Bitcoin developers may have been
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Kleiman, on behalf of Dave’s estate, sued Wright in a Florida court for allegedly stealing his brother’s fair share of intellectual property the pair supposedly developed together (including the Bitcoin IP, the plaintiffs claimed) and bitcoins they were said to have mined jointly. Kleiman said the two created a business
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