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Wired and Gizmodo simultaneously publish articles identifying Australian computer scientist Craig Steven Wright as the probable creator of Bitcoin, based on leaked documents and emails.
Australian businessman Craig Wright publicly declared himself to be Satoshi Nakamoto in coordinated interviews with BBC, The Economist, and GQ. He provided a cryptographic 'proof' on his blog that was quickly debunked — he had reused a signature from a 2009 transaction rather than producing a new one.
After the London High Court ordered bitcoin.org to remove the Bitcoin whitepaper, Cobra responded on Twitter with a scathing critique of the legal system and a declaration that cryptographic rules are superior to court-enforced rules.
Craig Wright sued the pseudonymous operator of bitcoin.org (Cobra) over Bitcoin whitepaper copyright. Cobra refused to reveal his identity to defend himself, resulting in a default judgment on June 28, 2021. The court ordered bitcoin.org to remove the whitepaper.
During Day 13 of the COPA v. Craig Wright trial, Martti Malmi testified via video link and submitted 260 emails (140,000 words) exchanged with Satoshi Nakamoto between May 2009 and February 2011. The complete email archive was published on GitHub.
Mike Hearn testifies at the COPA v. Craig Wright trial, recounting his direct interactions with Satoshi Nakamoto and describing how Craig Wright failed his technical 'check questions' at a 2016 dinner. He concludes that Wright lacked the clarity of thought present in Satoshi's emails.
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.