Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor denies forging documents to support claim

FILE PHOTO: Australian computer scientist Craig Wright arrives at the Rolls Building of the High Court in London, Britain, February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

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LONDON (Reuters) -An Australian computer scientist who says he invented bitcoin told a London court on Tuesday he had never forged documents to try to prove his hotly-disputed claim, as he began his evidence in a legal battle over ownership of the cryptocurrency.