Craig Wright Trial Includes Ninja Anecdote Cited as Proof He’s Bitcoin Creator Satoshi

Crypto
Open
Patent
Alliance’s
(COPA)
trial
to
solve
the
mystery
of
whether
Australian
computer
scientist
Craig
Wright
is
Satoshi
Nakamoto,
the
infamous
anonymous
creator
of
bitcoin

(BTC),
has
just
completed
its
second
week.

The
week
ended
creatively.
Wright’s
sister
Danielle
DeMorgan
took
to
the
witness
stand
on
Friday
to
recount
a
blog
post
that
she
wrote
that
stated
when
she
heard
the
name
Satoshi,
a
Japanese
name,
she
knew
that
was
Wright.
In
the
blog,
DeMorgan
recounted
the
time
she
saw
Wright
in
the
park
dressed
as
a
ninja
when
he
was
18
or
19
–
a
tale
she
says
explains
why
she
connected
the
dots.
She
added
that
she
once
saw
Wright
around
2007
or
2008
in
a
room
full
of
computers
and
he
explained
he
was
working
on
something
important.

Satoshi’s
Bitcoin
white
paper
came
out
in
late
2008.

Wright’s
witness
Mark
Archbold
also
took
the
stand
on
Friday.
He
had
a
discussion
with
Wright
about
digital
currency
in
2005
and
believed
Wright
was
Satoshi
because
of
the
encryption
software
he
wrote
in
the
2000s.
Cerian
Jones,
a
patent
attorney,
was
also
questioned
on
Friday
and
her
statement
centered
around
how
Wright’s

patents
showed
he
could
have
been
the
creator
of
bitcoin.

Being
associated
with
Wright
isn’t
necessarily
a
good
thing,
Jones
said,
and
when
asked
why
by
COPA’s
lawyer
Jonathan
Hough,
she
responded
because
“he’s
a
very
divisive
character.”

His
first
witnesses
entered
the
courtroom
on
Thursday,
and
COPA’s
lawyers
at
that
time
called
some
of
their
memories

“hazy”
and
not
reliable.
Wright
finished
his
testimony
on
Wednesday,
and
COPA
lawyers
declared
that
many
of
his

statements
were
“lies.”
Earlier
in
the
week,
he
was
also
told
by
COPA’s
lawyers
to
stop
making
“irrelevant
allegations.”

The
trial
is
set
to
continue
next
week.
On
Monday,
more
Wright
witnesses
will
testify,
according
to
the
court
schedule.
David
Bridges
and
Max
Lynam
will
take
to
the
stand,
followed
by
his
factual
witness
Stefan
Matthews.
COPA’s
witnesses
will
be
questioned
from
Tuesday,
and
Wright
is
set
to
appear
again
on
Friday
for
another
cross-examination.

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