UK High Court rules Australian computer scientist is not bitcoin creator

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CONFERENCE PRESENTER: So without further ado, the wizard of Oz is going to take us through the history of bitcoin. Enjoy guys and welcome to the day.

You know, we come from a dog-eat-dog world where it's me versus you, it's how do I get a step ahead? It's a rat race, right? All the classic cliches whereas bitcoin levels the playing field, everyone can read the rulebook.CHRIS PAVLESIC: Part of me thinks I would love to know, the other part of me thinks, I think it might be better we don't know. Because there is no leader, it's a faceless movement.

In late 2015, the tax office raided his Sydney home over suspicions he’d falsely claimed $3 million in tax.It was around the same time Wright began to claim he was the real Satoshi.CRAIG WRIGHT: Yes. Some people will believe, some people won’t and to tell you the truth, I don’t really care.CRAIG WRIGHT: I was the main part of it, other people helped me.

HAGAR COHEN: Podcaster Peter McCormack was among those Craig Wright sued for defamation over a series of tweets published in 2019. PETER MCCORMACK: He claimed he was disinvited from conferences, and he couldn't become a pastor and then he was very anxious about picking his kids up from school. It was all made up.

 

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