After Court Order, Craig Wright Updates Website With Admission He Is Not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi

Australian
computer
scientist
and
one-time
Satoshi
Nakamoto
claimant
Craig
Wright
has
been
forced
to
update
the
homepage
of

his
personal
website
with
a
legal
notice
declaring
that
he
is
not
the
inventor
of
Bitcoin.

The
notice
–
which
must
be
displayed
on
Wright’s
website
for
six
months
–
declares
that
Wright
lied
“extensively
and
repeatedly”
in
court
proceedings
where
he
claimed
to
be
Satoshi
Nakamoto,
and
“attempted
to
create
a
false
narrative
by
forging
documents
‘on
a
grand
scale’.”
Wright’s
web
of
lies,
spun
through
“multiple
legal
actions”
constitute
a
“most
serious
abuse”
of
the
legal
systems
in
the
U.K.,
Norway,
and
the
U.S.,
the
declaration
reads.
It
also
links
visitors
to
the
full
judgment
against
Wright,
and
“its
appendix
detailing
various
forged
documents
created
by
Dr.
Wright.”

The
notice
is
part
of
a
dissemination
order
granted
by
the
U.K.
judge,
Justice
James
Mellor,
overseeing
the
case
brought
against
Wright
by
the
Crypto
Open
Patent
Alliance
(COPA),
a
non-profit
organization
representing
Bitcoin
developers.

COPA,
which
is
funded
by
crypto
industry
heavyweights
like
Block’s
Jack
Dorsey
and
Coinbase
as
well
as
organizations
like
the
Human
Rights
Watch,
sued
Wright
in
2021
to
get
a
once-and-for-all
ruling
that
he
is
not
Nakamoto
to
prevent
him
claiming
copyright
of
the
Bitcoin
whitepaper
and
from
suing
his
critics
and
developers
alike
under
the
guise
that
he
created
Bitcoin.

Earlier
this
year,
Mellor

ruled
that
Wright
was
not
the
creator
of
Bitcoin.
In
a
written
judgment
that
followed
two
months
later,
he
declared
that
Wright
had
lied
throughout
the
trial
and
forged
evidence.

On
Tuesday,
Mellor
issued
a
final
judgment
in
the
case
referring
Wright
–
as
well
as
his
colleague
and
go-to
character
witness,
nChain
co-founder
Stefan
Matthews,
to
U.K.
prosecutors,
the
Crown
Prosecution
Service
(CPS)
to
be
considered
for
perjury
charges.

The
dissemination
order
granted
by
Mellor
was
part
of
his
final
judgment.
Wright
was
also
ordered
to
post
a
similar
notice
on
his
Twitter/X
account
and
on
the
Slack
channels
where
he
communicates
with
his
supporters.

At
the
time
of
publication,
Wright
had
not
yet
updated
his
X
account
to
display
the
legal
notice.
His
most
recent
post,
dated
May
20,
is
a
declaration
of
his
intent
to
appeal
Mellor’s
decision
that
he
was
not
Satoshi
Nakamoto.

In
Mellor’s
final
judgment,
he
said
that
Wright
has
made
“no
application
for
permission
to
appeal”
despite
what
he
has
said
on
social
media.