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The UK High Court rules definitively that Craig Steven Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, finding that he fabricated evidence on a grand scale to support his false claim.
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.
Cobra (also Cøbra): Pseudonymous operator and guardian of bitcoin.org, the website originally registered by Satoshi in 2008. Chose to lose a copyright suit by default rather than reveal his identity.
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.
Cobra's response on X, posted hours after the London High Court ordered bitcoin.org to remove the Bitcoin whitepaper following Craig Wright's default judgment.
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.
The Bitcoin Forum, set up by Martti Malmi at bitcoin.org/smf, migrates to the independent bitcointalk.org domain in August 2011. Theymos managed the migration; all posts and accounts were preserved.
WikiLeaks announces it will accept anonymous Bitcoin donations to its public address, six months after a financial blockade from Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union.
WikiLeaks announces Bitcoin donations, bypassing the Bank of America/Visa/MasterCard/PayPal/Western Union blockade. Satoshi had warned against this six months earlier, fearing government attention.
Gavin warns that distributing the forum database would betray registered users' trust, supports daily PGP-encrypted backups, and offers to pay for Amazon S3 storage if backups stay under a gigabyte.
Satoshi warns Malmi to de-emphasize Bitcoin's anonymity claims, distinguishing between anonymity and pseudonymity - a prescient warning about privacy expectations.
The bitcoin.org FAQ: Bitcoin's peer-to-peer design, coin generation, why mining margins shrink as value rises, and wallet and transaction basics. Drafted by Malmi, maintained by both him and Satoshi.
BitcoinTalk administrator (handle theymos) from 2010, Bitcoin Wiki admin, later r/Bitcoin moderator. Satoshi transferred forum control to him before departing; led the 2011 bitcointalk.org migration.
Satoshi outlines an SEO-friendly plan for transitioning bitcoin.org to a new server, emphasizing the importance of preserving search engine history and site start date.
Satoshi suggests using the word 'cryptocurrency' to describe Bitcoin and asks Malmi to remove investment language from the site - a key moment in Bitcoin's branding history.
Satoshi and Malmi spent 2009 to 2010 correcting the bitcoin.org FAQ word by word — and Satoshi was still the address readers wrote to when it broke. None of that wording survives on bitcoin.org today.
Malmi agrees to develop the Bitcoin website and FAQ, proposes password-protected private keys, and reports running a Bitcoin node 24/7.
Satoshi's first reply to Martti Malmi, who had offered to help with Bitcoin. Satoshi praises Malmi's understanding of Bitcoin and asks him to help write website content and a FAQ.
Finnish developer (born 1988); Bitcoin's most prolific early contributor after Satoshi. Exchanged ~260 emails with Satoshi, ran bitcoin.org, ported to Linux, did the first BTC-to-fiat sale.
Satoshi's standalone bitcoin.org explanation of the Byzantine Generals problem, using a proof-of-work chain to make the generals agree on a plan.
Documented record of AnonymousSpeech.com, the anonymous intermediary behind bitcoin.org: the Japanese-law sales pitch, the Malaysia-allocated mail relay, and an operator trail that ends in silence.