IT expert convicted for repeatedly lying about inventing Bitcoin (www.bbc.com)

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A computer scientist has been found to have committed contempt of court for falsely and persistently claiming to be the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.

In March, the High Court ruled Craig Wright was not Satoshi, and ordered him to stop claiming he was.

However, he continued to launch legal cases asserting he had intellectual property rights to Bitcoin, including a claim he was owed $1.2 trillion (£911 billion).

A judge said that amounted to a "flagrant breach" of the original court order and sentenced him to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

All this man needs to do is move a single Bitcoin out of the genesis wallet to prove he's Nakamoto and yet he refuses to do so hmmmm

[-] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

That’s fucking crazy.

Everyone knows I’m the one who invented Bitcoin.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Prepare yourself for 12 months in prison

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I also invented the internet. No big deal. Al Gore tried to steal my thunder, though.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

What a coincidence, I also invented prison

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Oh, well the Bitcoin wasn't a guarantee of wealth, but that certainly is!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

...or a life of expat glamour in the Far East?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

put your head down and power through it son, they'll break soon and recognize your brilliance, any day now

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Some lucky psychiatrist is going to write a case study of the century about this guy.

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