Craig Wright heading to COPA trial on March 1  (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Craig Wright Not Satoshi, Didn't Author Bitcoin Whitepaper, Judge Rules

Summary

U.K. Judge James Mellor has ruled that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, nor the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper. The ruling came after the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) took Wright to court to prevent him from claiming intellectual property rights over Bitcoin's technology or suing other developers. The judge found the evidence against Wright's claim to be "overwhelming".