Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor is not 'Satoshi Nakamoto', UK judge rules


Australian computer scientist Craig Wright arrives at the Rolls Building of the High Court in London, Britain, February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Phoo

LONDON (Reuters) -An Australian computer scientist who claims he invented bitcoin is not "Satoshi Nakamoto", the pseudonymous inventor of the cryptocurrency, a judge at London's High Court ruled on Thursday.

Craig Wright has long claimed to have been the author of a 2008 white paper, the foundational text of bitcoin, published under the pseudonym.

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