A UK court’s rejection of an Australian computer scientist’s claim to be the enigmatic Bitcoin founder marks an important step towards protecting developers’ rights, say Phil Sherrell and William Wortley of Bird & Bird. Following the conclusion of a six-week trial in the High Court of England and Wales that has been the subject of worldwide media attention, Justice James Mellor declared that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto—the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. While he indicated that a “fairly lengthy” judgment would follow in due course, the judge stated that evidence was “overwhelming”, declaring that In October 2008, a person (or persons) operating under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin white paper, the foundational paper underlying Bitcoin (as well as other blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies).
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