According to a ruling by Judge James Mellor in the United Kingdom on March 14, Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin network, as reported by BitMEX Research. The lawsuit, brought by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), accused Wright, an Australian computer scientist, of falsely claiming to be Nakamoto since 2016. COPA sought injunctive relief to prevent Wright from making further claims. Wright has faced accusations of document forgery in support of his claim. The trial began on February 5, with Wright offering to settle out of court on January 24, which COPA declined. COPA, founded in 2020, aims to promote the adoption and advancement of cryptocurrency technologies and remove patents as a barrier to growth and innovation. Its members include Coinbase, Block, Meta, MicroStrategy, Kraken, Paradigm, Uniswap, and Worldcoin. In 2023, Wright sued 13 Bitcoin Core developers and several companies for copyright violations related to the Bitcoin white paper, file format, and database rights. The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund responded to the lawsuit, stating that Wright filed a US copyright registration for the Bitcoin white paper and its code in 2019. The white paper is now subject to an MIT open-source license, allowing anyone to reuse and modify the code. A court injunction would prevent Wright from making further copyright claims on it.
Report: Judge declares Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto