The Faketoshi saga is now coming to a close...

[odolvlobo]

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto or the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper, U.K. Judge James Mellor said after closing arguments in the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) trial on Thursday.

The evidence presented during the month-long trial was "overwhelming," the judge said, adding that he plans to write a ruling detailing his conclusions – including that Wright did not create the Bitcoin system.

"I will make certain declarations, which I am satisfied are useful and are necessary to do justice between the parties. First, that Dr. Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin white paper. Second, Dr. Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in the period 2008 to 2011. Third, Dr. Wright is not the person who created the Bitcoin System. And, fourth, he is not the author of the initial versions of the Bitcoin software. Any further relief will be dealt with in my written judgment," Judge Mellor said.


https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/03/14/justice-james-mellors-ruling-on-craig-wright-copa-trial/

This ruling will make it impossible for CSW to continue has campaign of lawsuits against developers and others in U.K. courts.

Some have the opinion that his actions in the trial could result in charges of perjury and forgery.

[blckhawk]

Thank God that this farce is finally over, this ruling that could've taken a quick deliberation but the lies that was being built led to much more stuff happening that wasn't necessary but fair I guess. Finally, people can move on with all this stuff that's been obvious for everyone. Craig is a really good man when it comes to wasting everyone's time and it's such a funny thing too for him to be providing all the falsified evidences when in reality, the people that wanted to believe that he's Satoshi was asking simple requests that would prove him to be the enigmatic bitcoin founder but no, he attacked and made a circus of himself and the hearings that he's been in. Appeal might still happen but who's the judge that would consider it? Laughable but definitely an admirable fight for Faketoshi's quest for proving what he's really not in any circumstances.

[Amphenomenon]

Thank God this whole drama is finally coming to an end. I saw this news yesterday but it's surprising how one will just be too thick skinned to let go off his false claims even from the first time in 2016 when he spoke about it, I wonder what was is drive all these years since we know deep down he knows that in the end he will definitely lose the case

[EarnOnVictor]

It is Faketoshi indeed! Everyone wants to be Satoshi Nakamoto and this is not new only that this is the time that the court would deliver a verdict in this regard. Well, I feel for the real Satoshi right now, I hope he/they are still alive to witness all that is happening as many people are shamelessly laying claims to it.

I know that the project is such that could be done by more than one person with each person given different responsibilities in the project. There could also be a division between them which makes the issue so confusing since it was a project done with the top aim of anonymity. I believe they never expected Bitcoin to be this successful and the pace of the success is so fast as well.

Well, the court has delivered its verdits, he may appeal it if he wants, but if he is not the one, then he could be charged for the whitepaper claims on perjury and forgery if there is a prosecutor.

[headingnorth]

Praise Jesus! Thank you Judge Mellor and COPA for putting an end to this ridiculous farce that has been going on far too long once and for all.

I hope Craig Wrong becomes bankrupted by this lawsuit and receives further future legal action against him including criminal charges for perjury and forging evidence which he richly deserves.

[Reatim]

It has always been obvious and known just like the judge said the evidence were just
too overwhelming and his stance was just ridiculous. It is regretful that
this whole process came too long but at least now we can put this behind and we can
focus on what lies ahead of us.

Let us not believe anyone claiming to be satoshi let us try to think more critically to
avoid being victimized or scammed

[Taskford]

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto or the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper, U.K. Judge James Mellor said after closing arguments in the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) trial on Thursday.

The evidence presented during the month-long trial was "overwhelming," the judge said, adding that he plans to write a ruling detailing his conclusions – including that Wright did not create the Bitcoin system.

"I will make certain declarations, which I am satisfied are useful and are necessary to do justice between the parties. First, that Dr. Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin white paper. Second, Dr. Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in the period 2008 to 2011. Third, Dr. Wright is not the person who created the Bitcoin System. And, fourth, he is not the author of the initial versions of the Bitcoin software. Any further relief will be dealt with in my written judgment," Judge Mellor said.


https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/03/14/justice-james-mellors-ruling-on-craig-wright-copa-trial/

This ruling will make it impossible for CSW to continue has campaign of lawsuits against developers and others in U.K. courts.

Some have the opinion that his actions in the trial could result in charges of perjury and forgery.

Good to see an update that all lies of CW has been ended and for sure there's no confusion will happen towards his claims that he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto since the judge has closing any arguments and prove that he is not.

For sure this will serve a lesson to some other people that their lies will be busted and they can't easily claim that they are Satoshi since there are great guys that can investigate and verify their claims. Right now much really better for anyone to buried up their thoughts or curiosity about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto and respect his total disappearance since this is maybe what he like so people could focus on anything they want to do with bitcoins he or they created.

[SamReomo]

Finally that fake Satoshi get his answer from a reputed judge. Craig Wright isn't Satoshi and most of us knew that from the start, he was just claiming to be Satoshi because he wanted to have people's attention. 

Fame and attention led him to claim that he created Bitcoin. But, lies can't stand for long and his lies took away everything from his. He has not only lost the case but also lost his reputation throughout all those years.

[Silberman]

Thank God that this farce is finally over, this ruling that could've taken a quick deliberation but the lies that was being built led to much more stuff happening that wasn't necessary but fair I guess. Finally, people can move on with all this stuff that's been obvious for everyone. Craig is a really good man when it comes to wasting everyone's time and it's such a funny thing too for him to be providing all the falsified evidences when in reality, the people that wanted to believe that he's Satoshi was asking simple requests that would prove him to be the enigmatic bitcoin founder but no, he attacked and made a circus of himself and the hearings that he's been in. Appeal might still happen but who's the judge that would consider it? Laughable but definitely an admirable fight for Faketoshi's quest for proving what he's really not in any circumstances.

This just confirms what we have known all along, but it is nice to be vindicated, CW has spend so much time trying to convince everyone that he is Satoshi that it seems to me he really believes his own lies, fortunately for us the facts have demonstrated once again that he is not the person that created bitcoin or anyone related to it, still I do not believe for a second he will accept this and it is likely he will keep claiming that he is Satoshi despite the ruling.

[dzungmobile]

The Faketoshi Craig Wright is very Narcissist, nothing more.

Try many times to be recognized as person he is not. What a damn shameful!

Finally the case is closed and it's a big win for Bitcoin community especially during the trial, many Cypherpunks raised their hands and provided evidence against Craig Wright. These actions from them, show that Bitcoin community are decentralized and strong.

[goldkingcoiner]

Faketoshi is going to spend the rest of his life being mocked by strangers. He really should have known better but maybe his insane ego is a symptom of some kind of mental illness? It really is embarrassing to what lengths some people go to gain an advantage over others. Lying, cheating, pretending to be someone else... It never ends well with these sociopaths.

[kotajikikox]

Now this name of Him being Faketoshi will be carried by his generation after generation as Bitcoin continued to succeed in the decades to come, he tried fooling cryptonians for many years and still claiming up to now as he is the creator of Bitcoin.
Now that is has proven to be not Him  , hoping that he will lay his cards and move on in reality of life.

[0t3p0t]

Finally that fake Satoshi get his answer from a reputed judge. Craig Wright isn't Satoshi and most of us knew that from the start, he was just claiming to be Satoshi because he wanted to have people's attention. 

Fame and attention led him to claim that he created Bitcoin. But, lies can't stand for long and his lies took away everything from his. He has not only lost the case but also lost his reputation throughout all those years.

And now his fight is over and his ambition will now turn into the opposite. There are actually a lot of things that faketoshi can't prove himself so there is no doubt from the beginning of that trial where he is just wasting his precious time and effort for nothing.

[NotATether]

What about the UK ban in Bitcoin.org?

Certainly that has to be overturned, no?

No point in keeping it forever just because Cobra doesn't want to dox himself.

[sokani]

This is a big win for COPA, the Bitcoin community and every lover of open source projects. The Judge has finally made the ruling on the long moth trial and Faketoshi can now go and hide his face in shame. I don't know what makes him think he was going to win when he lacks compelling evidence to present to the court. If his main objective was to get some sort of attention, he has achieved that but l hope he gets slammed for perjury. In the UK, he can get a maximum of 7 years or a fine for perjury.

[m2017]

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This can be considered a triumph of justice and a happy ending, as well as Craig Wright’s official innoguration to the title Faketoshi.

Initially, the entire BTC-community understood the absurdity of his statements (except for people outside the community) and now everyone will know about it. I would like this to serve as a lesson to all those who want to declare themselves as creator of bitcoin.

[nelson4lov]

I'm glad to hear that this is over. Tbh, its really tiring to hear or read about Craig Wright and his shenanigans in the news. I didn't follow the progress of the court case because I didn't really see why this guy is pushing so hard to be named Satoshi even though he very know that he isn't. It's hard to understand why people like CSW do why they do things like this.

Now that the Faketoshi saga has come to a close, the community can start focusing on more important things.

[aoluain]

OMG - Two finally's

Finally Faketoshi's house of cards came tumbling down and that he has been found out
for the greedy impersonator he was.

Finally someone in authority has been both presented with an overwhelming amount of
evidence and was able to understand the history of Bitcoin and CSW.

This ruling will make it impossible for CSW to continue has campaign of lawsuits against developers and others in U.K. courts.

Some have the opinion that his actions in the trial could result in charges of perjury and forgery.

Thats important that he cannot harassing developers and charges of perjury and forgery
are for sure due, he has done some damage on his crusade, Is that what the judge
means by this statement?

I will extend time for filing any appellant's notice until 21 days after the form of order
hearing, which will be appointed following the hand down of my written judgment and I
ask the parties to seek to agree an order giving effect to what I have just stated.

[Davidvictorson]

This ruling will make it impossible for CSW to continue has campaign of lawsuits against developers and others in U.K. courts.

Some have the opinion that his actions in the trial could result in charges of perjury and forgery.

I count people who didn't know that this faketoshi saga has been ongoing for sometime very lucky. This man literally bullied developers and  everyone who was bold enough to tell him that he isn't the creator of bitcoin. It is such a relief to see justice being served.
The two next steps I want to see is the UK justice system, putting this charlatan in jail and secondly for the community to look past this and towards the beautiful bitcoin future that awaits only the true believers.

[hatshepsut93]

But he'll continue to claim to be Satoshi just like he did after getting initially debunked many years ago when he fooled some journalists who didn't understand how signatures work. And I'm sure his cult won't lose any followers as the result of this ruling, because, well, it's a cult and nothing can change their mind.

TBH I won't even be surprised if he'll attempt legal trolling in some other country if he still has money to do so.