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4 entries reference this keyword in body prose.
The only candidate who claimed the identity himself — declared in coordinated BBC and Economist interviews in May 2016, cryptographic proof in hand. The evidence, weighed.
After the London High Court ordered bitcoin.org to remove the Bitcoin whitepaper, Cobra responded on Twitter with a critique declaring cryptographic rules superior to court-enforced ones.
Craig Steven Wright (born 1970): Australian computer scientist who publicly claimed to be Satoshi in May 2016. UK High Court (COPA v Wright, March 2024) found he fabricated evidence on a grand scale.
Craig Wright sued bitcoin.org operator Cobra over Bitcoin whitepaper copyright. Cobra refused to reveal his identity, resulting in a default judgment ordering bitcoin.org to remove the whitepaper.