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The
bitcoin
developers’
lawyer,
Alexander
Gunning,
presented
evidence
that
Craig
Wright
had
made
new
edits
to
his
whitepaper,
which
Wright
acknowledged. -
The
Crypto
Open
Patent
Alliance
wants
to
prove
that
Wright’s
claim
to
be
the
founder
of
bitcoin
is
a
lie
backed
by
forgeries.
Craig
Wright
admitted
to
making
changes
to
the
version
of
the
bitcoin
whitepaper
he
presented
in
the
Crypto
Open
Patent
Alliance’s
(COPA)
trial
while
testifying
Friday.
The
trial
to
prove
whether
or
not
Wright
is
the
anonymous
creator
of
the
bitcoin
white
paper
completed
its
third
week.
COPA
wants
to
prove
that
Wright’s
claim
to
be
Satoshi
Nakamoto
is
a
lie
afforded
by
“industrial
style
forgeries,”
and
the
bitcoin
developers
lawyer
Alexander
Gunning
is
helping
them.
On
Friday,
Gunning
showed
that
Wright
made
edits
to
the
bitcoin
whitepaper
in
his
“LaTeX
files,”
which
Wright
agreed
was
accurate.
Wright
said
the
edits
were
simply
a
demonstration
for
his
representatives
at
Shoosmiths
(his
law
firm).
“You
were
not
showing
this
to
anyone,
we
know
the
times
you
were
showing
this
to
Shoosmiths,
you
were
doing
it
for
yourself,”
Gunning
said.
“What
you
are
doing
is
tweaking
parameters..
to
get
them
to
fit
”
the
layout
of
the
bitcoin
whitepaper,
Gunning
added.
The
file
was
uploaded
as
recently
as
November
2023,
Gunning
said.
Gunning
ended
his
questioning
by
asking:
“Your
claim
to
be
Satoshi
Nakomoto
is
a
fraudulent
claim
isn’t
it?”
which
Wright
disputed.
Week
three
Wright’s
testimony
capped
off
the
third
week
of
the
trial,
which
saw
some
of
COPA’s
witnesses
take
to
the
stand
to
face
questioning
from
Wright’s
lawyers.
Zooko
Wilcox-O’Hearn,
a
computer
scientist
and
the
founder
of
Zcash,
testified
on
Thursday
where
he
was
questioned
on
how
well
he
knew
Nakamoto.
Wilcox
said
he
wouldn’t
call
himself
“pals”
with
the
pseudonymous
Bitcoin
creator.
In
court
documents,
he
said
that
he
was
not
sure
if
he
had
any
private
conversations
with
Nakamoto.
Other
witnesses
were
more
confident
about
their
interactions
with
Nakamoto.
Computer
scientist
Marti
Malmi
spoke
on
Wednesday,
disputing
the
dates
that
Wright
put
forward
about
Malmi’s
interaction
with
Nakamoto.
Malmi
later
released
his
emails
with
Nakamoto
on
X
(formerly
Twitter).
Wright
said
in
his
witness
statement
that
Malmi
approached
Nakamoto
in
Feb.
2009
but
Malmi
said
in
his
statement
this
was
“incorrect,”
and
that
the
date
was
actually
May
1,
2009.
Adam
Back,
the
CEO
of
bitcoin
technology
company
Blockstream,
said
in
his
first
statement
he
corresponded
with
someone
purporting
to
be
Nakamoto
via
email.
In
his
statement
he
showed
an
email
he
received
from
Nakamoto
on
Aug.
20,
2008,
where
he
said
he
planned
to
cite
Back’s
paper
about
a
proof-of-work
system
and
Back
responded
by
sending
more
resources.
Wright
described
Back’s
interactions
with
Nakamoto
as
“dismissive,”
which
Back
said
was
inaccurate.
Next
week
expert
witnesses
will
be
questioned.
