Bitcoin.org Rebuts Craig Wright’s ‘Meritless’ Copyright Claim on Bitcoin Whit...
The open-source project said it would not comply with Wright's demand to take down its copy of the iconic founding document.
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Legal threats by self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright, have caused one site to remove what he claims is “his” Bitcoin whitepaper. But others are refusing to give up so easily. Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who claims to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, has threatened legal action against the owners of two Bitcoin (BTC) websites whom he accused of stealing his whitepaper and other intellectual property.As announced on Jan. 21, Bitcoin.org along with another website, Bitcoincore.org, had received allegations of copyright infringement from Craig Wright’s....
Bitcoin core developer Gavin Andersen has expressed regret in publishing his blog backing Craig Wright’s claim that he is, Satoshi Nakamoto. More specifically, Andersen claims it was a mistake to publish his post before the much-scrutinized post published by Craig Wright. Bitcoin Foundation chief scientist and core developer Gavin Andersen is one of the earliest known figures to have communicated with Satoshi Nakamoto, via emails. When Craig Wright claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto at the beginning of this week, the evidence provided to back the claim was quickly scrutinized and swept aside....
Back in January, the notorious Craig Wright who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto had his lawyers send letters to a number of websites like bitcoin.org telling them to remove the Bitcoin white paper hosted on their web portals. On January 31, bitcoin.org’s owner Cobra claimed he was threatened by a Bitcoinsv supporter after the person discovered the anonymous owner’s phone number. Moreover, the organization Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) has sent a letter to Wright’s legal team seeking more information regarding the claims of copyright ownership. Cobra Refuses to Stop....
The response asks general questions regarding Craig Wright's claims.
At Consensus 2016, the cryptocurrency- and blockchain-industry conference currently being held in New York, Chief scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation Gavin Andersen has stuck with his assertion that Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, following his meeting with the Australian entrepreneur. He also added that his website wasn’t hacked, contrary to rumors after his post which backed Craig Wright’s public reveal as Bitcoin’s inventor. In his blog published on Monday morning, soon after Craig Wright’s own reveal, Andersen wrote: I believe Craig Steven Wright is the person who invented Bitcoin. I....