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James Howells says he bagged the wrong hard drive in a 2013 clear-out, and it went to a Newport, Wales landfill with his early bitcoin keys. In January 2025 the High Court threw out his £495M claim.

Craig Wright declared himself Satoshi in coordinated interviews with the BBC, The Economist and GQ. The cryptographic proof on his blog was soon debunked: he had reused a 2009 transaction signature.