By claiming he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious genius behind bitcoin, Craig Wright has become a comic-book supervillain for some in cryptocurrency.
Craig Wright, shown in a 2016 BBC interview, has publicly identified himself as the creator of bitcoin.
That appeared to be that, until a year later when Buterin received a letter from Wright’s attorney. The legal notice, dated April 12, said Wright intended to sue Buterin in the U.K. for defamation. Less than a week later, Wright filed suit with similar claims against a podcaster named Peter McCormack, seeking 100,000 pounds in damages. And on May 2, Wright’s lawyers served Roger Ver, an early bitcoin investor, at a cryptocurrency meet-up in London.
If he really is Satoshi Nakamoto, Wright will have no trouble funding a protracted legal war on his critics. The true creator of bitcoin is estimated to hold about $9 billion of the coins. In most cases, the expensive prospect of getting sued tends to make rational people keep critical views to themselves.
Internet security pioneer John McAfee says he knows the real inventor of bitcoin and it is not Craig Wright.
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