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by vngzs 702 days ago
His site now has a notice about the court case and denies he is Satoshi [0]. I've saved a copy for posterity at [1].

[0]: https://craigwright.net/

[1]: https://i.imgur.com/5yHiCLr.png

3 comments

It's very funny, he's the only person on Earth who is 100% confirmed not to be Satoshi.
Well, plenty of people were born after that whitepaper came out.
You're awfully quick to rule out time travelers.
Well thats one hell of a homepage
Did the court force him to add this on his homepage? i don't really get it
Yes. Paragraph 182 of the judgment [2024] EWHC 1809 (Ch).

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/COPA-v-W...

Paragraph 182:

> I do not consider a notice on his website on its own to be adequate, since his primary mode of communication to those interested appears to be via X / Twitter or via his Slack channels. So I will order the publication of an amended version of the notice sought by COPA (to reflect the injunctions I am granting) on the homepage of his website (i.e. not merely by way of a link) for a period of six months and of the same amended notice pinned on his X / Twitter feed and on all Slack channels for a period of 3 months.

First ever legally compelled pinned tweet? I guess this way there's no "tweeting through it". It doesn't appear he's complied with this yet.

Wow what a smack down. Has to be unbelievably hard for someone like this to admit they lied publicly. It's so weird because like, obviously he knows he's not Satoshi why did he push it so hard? Is it just straight up mental illness?
Being about to copyright claim a bunch of bitcoin related stuff and force people to pay you to use it is pretty valuable. Plus, theoretically I think he could use that get ahold of some of the early bitcoins somehow down the line, which would obviously be extremely valuable.
Either the court or his lawyers.