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Craig Wright, the man already suspected of being the inventor of Bitcoin, has today come out and publicly claimed that he is indeed responsible for the cryptocurrency. The BBC reports that Wright 'has provided technical proof to back up his claim using coins known to be owned by Bitcoin's creator' and that prominent Bitcoin community members have also corroborated his claim.
' Wright has now confessed that was his pseudonym, revealing his true identity in what he says is an effort to restore the privacy of the people around him. While the BBC sounds convinced by Wright's assertions, The Economist is another publication that had been briefed ahead of time and its perspective is more cagey. The magazine retains a measure of skepticism, noting that 'it may never be possible to establish beyond reasonable doubt who really created bitcoin.
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