Summary
TLDR: UK Judge James Mellor ruled that Dr. Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous Bitcoin inventor. Wright has claimed to be the inventor and has copyright on the Bitcoin whitepaper, but the judge ruled otherwise. Wright has been in a legal battle with COPA and Bitcoin Core developers over his claim since 2021. The trial concluded this week in a UK courtroom.
Key Points
1. U.K. Judge James Mellor has ruled that Dr. Craig Wright is not the pseudonymous Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.
2. Wright has claimed for years that he invented Bitcoin and has copyright on the Bitcoin whitepaper, but the judge ruled otherwise.
3. The legal battle between Wright and the Jack Dorsey-backed Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) and a group of Bitcoin Core developers has been ongoing since 2021, with the latest trial concluding recently in a UK courtroom.