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Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because it is still being worked on.

"because it is still being worked on" - how apt :) Lovingboth (talk) 14:14, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question about Wikipedia neutrality

This is just a question about how neutral the article and Wikipedia should be.

"These claims are regarded as false by much of the media and the cryptocurrency community."

Wouldn't the word "some" in the phrase "xxxx of the media" be better?

It would also be better if it actually listed the groups involved like the backers such as Jack Dorsey, Block, Coinbase, etc. behind the crypto open patent alliance (COPA). https://www.opencrypto.org/

Interestingly this crypto open patent alliance doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. But the open patent alliance not to be confused with COPA does have one.

I think it would be better if Wikipedia didn't take sides and simply reported based on reliable sources which is always not easy 😁

The court cases are online and are a wealth of information.

I am willing to help if interested let me know

@Ryozzo Ryozzo (talk) 22:36, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not a doctor

The article claims that he has a phd. Reliable sources show that his “phd” is a lie. Here is such source. 4.30.80.228 (talk) 03:27, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The PhD the article refers to was granted in 2017, the article you link is dated 2015. I'm absolutely not disputing the fact he lied about having a PhD before then of course. The wikipedia article cites this FWIW. Uelx (talk) 17:02, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

yeah, the PhD is real - it's on the CSU site - David Gerard (talk) 19:41, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Faketoshi" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Faketoshi has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 9 § Faketoshi until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 21:57, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citation Update Needed

I request below statement to be updated

He has publicly claimed to be the main part of the team that created bitcoin, and the identity behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. [citation needed]

This legal notice is posted on Craig's own website https://craigwright.net/

It also includes the court hearing URL https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/copa-v-wright/

LEGAL NOTICE:

DR CRAIG STEVEN WRIGHT IS NOT SATOSHI NAKAMOTO

On 20 May 2024, Dr Craig Steven Wright was found by the High Court of England and Wales to have been dishonest in his claims to have been the person behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto (the creator of Bitcoin).

The Court found that Dr Wright “lied to the Court extensively and repeatedly” in his evidence and that he attempted to create a false narrative by forging documents “on a grand scale” and presenting them in evidence.

Overall, “all his lies and forged documents were in support of his biggest lie: his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto.”

In advancing his false claim to be Satoshi through multiple legal actions, Dr Wright committed “a most serious abuse” of the process of the courts of the UK, Norway and the USA. The High Court formally declared as follows:

First, that Dr Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin White Paper.

Second, Dr Wright is not the owner of the copyright in the Bitcoin White Paper.

Third, Dr Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in the period between 2008 and 2011.

Fourth, Dr Wright is not the person who created the Bitcoin system.

Fifth, Dr Wright is not the author of the initial versions of the Bitcoin Software.

The full judgment, and its appendix detailing various forged documents created by Dr Wright, is accessible at the following URL: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/copa-v-wright/.

Dr Wright has been ordered not to commence any legal proceedings based on his false claims (by claim or counterclaim) or procure any other person to do so. He has also been ordered not to threaten any such proceedings (explicitly or implicitly) or procure any other person to do so. Kaushikchemburkar (talk) 01:56, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]