Tech whiz Craig Wright insists he invented bitcoin, denies hoax: ‘If I forged that document, it would be perfect’
NY Post
An Australian-born computer scientist who claims he is the mysterious bitcoin inventor known as Satoshi Nakamoto was grilled Tuesday by an attorney for a Jack Dorsey-backed group of cryptocurrency creators who have accused him of an elaborate hoax.
Craig Wright insisted in a London court that he is the author of a 2008 white paper — considered the foundational text of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — published under the Nakamoto pseudonym as he was pressed by a lawyer for the Crypto Open Patent Alliance.
The group — a nonprofit consortium of crypto and tech firms whose members include Twitter founder Dorsey’s payments firm Block — says Wright has never provided any genuine proof that he authored the white paper, accusing him of repeatedly forging documents to support his claim.
With Wright on the stand, COPA lawyer Jonathan Hough asked: “Have you ever forged or falsified a document in support of your claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto?”
Wright replied: “No.”
Hough continued: “Have you ever knowingly presented a forged or falsified document in support of your claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto?”
