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His unusual education claims

In this talk he claims to have been enrolled in 25 university degrees (3 undergraduate degrees, 5 doctoral degrees, and 17 masters' degrees) during 2020. https://youtube.com/XCkXWm2wJ7Q?t=161 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.193.5.35 (talk) 12:48, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PhD claims

I am not convinced he actually claimed to have a PhD as of 2015 based on Forbes (with this archive). To me, it suggests he was working on a PhD between 2009–2012 rather than necessarily saying he achieved a doctorate in that time. His PhD entry on LinkedIn is written as will so clearly out of date if he discontinued his studies in 2012, but given the ambiguity with LinkedIn entries I think it's a stretch to say absolutely that it was "claimed" he completed one rather than noted his years of study. Given he got it in 2017, it seems unnecessary to include this drama. Solipsism 101 (talk) 20:53, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Removed it for now, WP:BLP after all. Solipsism 101 (talk) 22:53, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jury Decision Rendered in Kleiman Case

A Florida jury has determined that Wright did not owe any Bitcoin to the estate of David Kleiman, but he did owe $100 million to a joint venture between Wright and Kleiman.

Washington Post article regarding decision in Kleiman case

Co096392 (talk) 19:32, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Section about co1n

Can a section and its relation to Craig Wright be added about the "CO1N" (letter 'i' stylized with the number one) be added?

i seem to be reading about this all over, and have no clue what CO1N is — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.60.225.102 (talk) 11:13, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

These mentions the CO1N Ltd, a company and super computer which Craig had

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In the below quotation, the phrase drcraigwright.net should be hyperlinked appropriately, as that address now redirects to craigwright.net.

“The same day a blog post on the website www.drcraigwright.net associated Wright with Satoshi and posted a message with a cryptographic signature attached.”

The phrase 5.90.206.251 (talk) 17:24, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done The link is available in the citation / reference list. I disagree that an additional hyperlink to an external site should be created. --SVTCobra 14:40, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Degree in Theology sources.

In this interview (time stamp included in link https://www.youtube.com/watch?0JvDauIX5lg?t=1477) Craig claims to have a degree in theology. Im not sure how of if youtube interviews are a good source but found that. Additionally, I found this source [1] citing him having a "Doctor of Theology (ThD) degree from United Theological College" which I assume is located in Australia https://www.utc.edu.au/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.112.177.218 (talk) 00:36, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done I added United Theological College per his profile at his booking agent. BTW, the YouTube link did not work for me. --SVTCobra 14:42, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]