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

Australian computer scientist and one-time Satoshi Nakamoto theorist Craig Wright has been forced to update the homepage of his personal website with a legal disclaimer declaring that he is not the inventor of Bitcoin.

The statement, which was supposed to be posted on Wright’s website for six months, says Wright lied “extensively and repeatedly” in court proceedings claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto and “attempted to create a false narrative by forging documents on a ‘large scale’.” The web of lies Wright has woven through “multiple legal proceedings” is described in the statement as “the most serious abuse” of the legal systems in the UK, Norway and the US. It also directs visitors to the full judgment against Wright and “an appendix detailing the various forged documents created by Dr. Wright.”

The notice is part of a distribution order issued by British judge James Mellor, who is overseeing the case against Wright brought by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a non-profit organization representing Bitcoin developers.

Announcement on Craig Wright’s website (craigwright.net)

COPA, funded by The Block’s Jack Dorsey and crypto industry figures like Coinbase and organizations like Human Rights Watch, sued Wright in 2021 to obtain a definitive ruling that he is not Nakamoto, preventing him from claiming copyright on the Bitcoin whitepaper and suing critics and developers on the grounds that he created Bitcoin.

Mellor ruled earlier this year that Wright was not the creator of Bitcoin. In a written ruling two months later, he said Wright had lied and fabricated evidence throughout the case.

On Tuesday, Mellor announced his final decision in the case, referring Wright and his colleague and nChain co-founder Stefan Matthews to the UK prosecutors, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), to stand trial on charges of perjury.

Mellor’s dissemination order was part of his final decision. Wright was also ordered to post a similar announcement on his Twitter/X account and in the Slack channels where he communicates with 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 statement of intent to appeal Mellor’s decision that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto.

In his latest ruling, Mellor said Wright “did not apply for permission to appeal” despite what he said on social media.

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