According to Cointelegraph, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal has dismissed Craig Wright's attempt to appeal a High Court decision that ruled he is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. This decision marks a significant development in the ongoing legal saga surrounding Wright's claims.
The court's decision was reported by Hodlonaut, a prominent Bitcoin influencer, who announced on November 29 that Wright's application for permission to appeal had been "brutally denied." The court found that Wright's arguments for being Nakamoto were based on falsehoods, some of which were suspected to be generated by artificial intelligence. This ruling effectively concludes Wright's prolonged legal battles to establish himself as the creator of Bitcoin.
In its latest ruling, the UK Court of Appeal highlighted that Wright's appeal contained "multiple falsehoods," including reliance on "fictitious authorities." One cited example was a case labeled Anderson v the Queen [2013] UKPC 2, which the court described as "AI-generated hallucinations." The court stated that Wright's appeals had no prospect of success and there was no reason to hear them further.
Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist and businessman born in 1970, has claimed to be Nakamoto since at least 2016. His assertions have been met with skepticism from the crypto community, with figures like Hodlonaut labeling him a "scammer" and "fraud." Despite this, Wright, often referred to as "Faketoshi" in Bitcoin forums, has pursued numerous libel lawsuits against critics, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and podcaster Peter McCormack. Many of these cases have ended unfavorably for Wright.
In May, Judge James Mellor of the UK High Court of Justice ruled against Wright in a case brought by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a coalition accusing him of forgery to support his claim of being Nakamoto. With Wright's claims dismissed, efforts continue globally to uncover Nakamoto's true identity. In October, an HBO documentary speculated that Canadian Bitcoin core developer Peter Todd might be the creator, though Todd denied the claim, leaving the community skeptical.
This latest court decision underscores the challenges Wright faces in his quest to prove his identity as Bitcoin's creator, as the search for Nakamoto's true identity continues.
