Craig
Wright
is
not
Satoshi
Nakamoto
and
not
the
author
of
the
Bitcoin
white
paper,
as
was
determined
by
Justice
James
Mellor,
who
handed
down
that
judgment
after
the
COPA
v
Wright
trial
wrapped
up.
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But
not
only
is
Craig
Wright
not
Satoshi
Nakamoto
and
not
the
author
of
the
Bitcoin
white
paper,
he
also
wasted
the
court’s
time,
according
to
Mellor’s
much-anticipated,
231-page
written
assessment
of
the
trial.
As
CoinDesk’s
Camomile
Shumba
summarized:
“Craig
Wright
lied
‘extensively
and
repeatedly’
in
both
his
written
and
oral
evidence
in
the
Crypto
Open
Patent
Alliance
case
regarding
his
claim
to
be
Satoshi
Nakamoto,
Judge
James
Mellor
said
in
his
written
judgment
on
Monday.
“Mellor
also
concluded
that
the
issue
of
injunctive
relief
–
a
legal
remedy
to
stop
a
defendant
from
doing
something
–
will
be
argued
at
a
Form
of
Order
hearing
that
will
be
appointed
after
the
judgment
has
been
handed
down.”
Wright
is
apparently
looking
to
appeal
the
decision
– a
bad
sign
for
anyone
who
wished
that
COPA’s
brave
attempt
to
actually
litigate
and
settle
the
matter
of
whether
CSW
was
stealing
Satoshi’s
valor
(by
stealing
his
identity)
once
and
for
all.
Ever
since
he
arrived
on
the
scene
in
December
2015,
Wright
has
been
causing
chaos
for
the
crypto
industry
–
including
suing
Bitcoin
Core
developers,
public
figures
and
a
feline
astronaut
called
Hodlonaut,
who
was
an
affirmed
private
citizen
before
his
CSW
imbroglio.
And
that
was
essentially
the
motivation
behind
COPA’s
suit.
Although
all
of
CSW’s
legal
claims
essentially
centered
around
the
claim
that
he
invented
Bitcoin
(he
was
able
to
copyright
the
white
paper),
in
all
of
his
libel
and
infringement
lawsuits
over
the
years
that
was
always
an
incidental
issue.
COPA,
which
is
backed
by
Jack
Dorsey
and
Coinbase,
among
others,
put
the
question
directly
when
it
filed
suit
in
2021.
Then,
over
several
weeks
in
a
U.K.
court,
the
group
was
able
to
systematically
prove
to
the
court
that
Wright
had
been
forging
documents,
spewing
lies
and
filing
costly
and
wasteful
lawsuits
for
years.
“This
decision
is
a
watershed
moment
for
the
open-source
community
and
even
more
importantly,
a
definitive
win
for
the
truth.
Developers
can
now
continue
their
important
work
maintaining,
iterating
on,
and
improving
the
Bitcoin
network
without
risking
their
personal
livelihoods
or
fearing
costly
and
time-consuming
litigation
from
Craig
Wright,”
a
COPA
spokesperson
said.
In
the
judgment,
which,
really,
goes
above-and-beyond
the
call
of
duty
to
excoriate
the
Australian
computer
scientist,
Justice
Mellor
said
Wright
“lied
to
the
court
repeatedly,”
committed
forgery
“on
a
grand
scale”
and
“is
not
nearly
as
clever
as
he
thinks
he
is.”
(The
FT’s
Alphaville
has
a
nice
rundown
of
the
juiciest
morsels
from
the
document.)
It’s
not
just
that
the
judge
appears
to
understand
the
extent
of
CSW’s
grift,
but
also
Bitcoin
itself,
arguing
that
seeking
to
control
Bitcoin
through
the
courts
is
something
Satoshi
would
never
dream
of
doing.
So,
with
this,
I
think
we
may
finally
be
able
to
bid
Wright
adieu.
He
has
dropped
his
five-year
legal
actions
against
Holdonaut
and
podcaster
Peter
McCormack,
and
will
no
longer
be
able
to
pursue
cases
in
the
U.K.,
Wright’s
chosen
venue
for
the
majority
of
his
legal
actions
due
to
the
nation’s
extremely
lax
libel
laws.
Good
night,
sweet
prince.
