The five-year feud, which commenced in May 2019, saw Wright launching a legal assault against Hodlonaut over critical remarks made on social media. The Norwegian Bitcoin enthusiast openly labeled Wright as a “scammer” and “fraud,” contesting his claims of birthing Bitcoin, igniting a contentious legal battle across multiple jurisdictions.
The crux of the dispute traces back to a trial in Oslo in 2022, where a Norwegian judge sided with Hodlonaut, concluding that substantial evidence pointed towards Wright deceiving in his bid to validate his identity as Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin.·
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