Did Australian invent bitcoin? UK court examines claim


Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a non-profit organisation set up to keep cryptocurrency technology free from patents, is suing Wright over his claims first made in 2016 - resulting in the trial at London's High Court set to last six weeks. — Reuters

LONDON: A court case starting in London on Monday (Feb 5) will seek to determine whether Australian computer scientist Craig Wright invented bitcoin, the world's first and biggest cryptocurrency.

Wright says he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of bitcoin's creator and author of a white paper that introduced the cryptocurrency to the world in 2008.

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