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Clash of Cultures – CoinGeek

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As of this writing, we are about halfway through the COPA v Wright trial and a few things stand out. Attorney Huff seems unable to overlook the fact that there may be people who are interested in Bitcoin as a system or technology without being greedily obsessed with its value as an asset. He tears off his glasses in disbelief every time it comes up and blinks confusedly at Judge Mellor, looking for confirmation that Hough might lack the greed one would expect a man to have in such a situation.

He goes on to ask questions like “You probably didn’t see the prices and were thinking of asking if your contribution was worth a lot of money” or “Do you think we’ll believe you didn’t know prices were going up in 2014?” do. And in fact the witnesses he called were almost unanimously Australians who seemed like genuine people who had worked with Dr. Wright and wanted to see if his ideas worked. Because they were interested in watering a tree that would never bear fruit. harvest

COPA is trying to prove that Dr. Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, that his life’s achievements and documents are all illusions or forgeries, and that if he were Satoshi, he would have the same eccentricities and values. I’m doing it. As a modern BTC developer. But this is a red herring.

In fact, Dr. Wright’s papers, known studies, supposed studies, and testimonies from several family members, business partners (current and former), co-workers, and Wright customers all said the same thing. We think deeply about security, immutable logs, honest record keeping, and the payments revolution.” And they all talk about his passion and wisdom. You can see it disgusting COPA lawyers and aisle-side viewers. Their faces and body language seem to think that the judges and everyone on the planet must agree that Wright’s words and values ​​are either disgusting or fake. This is why we are already celebrating victory in this case as well. They can’t even fathom someone who doesn’t see the world other than the way they see it.

Some of Wright’s witnesses have clearly stated that they know him to be working on forward-only encryption key verification, hash chains, and forward-only log-based alerting systems. One person even specifically recalled seeing the “Timecoin” white paper. Of course, the scorn, ridicule, and wide-eyed, confused stares from COPA and its supporters are even more so…

What is the point?

COPA’s lawyer Hough asks us to believe that Dr Wright and a dozen Australians from all walks of life are all liars because they are close to Mr Wright. In fact, without exception, their testimonies and attitudes were very truthful and reliable. Unfortunately, Hough, Gunning and Moss can’t even fathom that such sincerity exists outside of fairy tales. Because these poor lawyers are themselves greedy and insincere participants in an economy that justifies spending their careers working for greedy and insincere clients.

But everyone who gave testimony showed that they were deeply impressed by what was said.
The idea of ​​blockchain technology and the honesty it will bring to the world. And that’s what sets us all apart.

Sincerity

As a big disruptor, I’ve been criticized for only doing advocacy, infrastructure development, and management work because I’m paid to do so. I must be corrupt somehow not to pursue profit and power the way they do. Nonetheless, I am an honest person and an honest node doing an honest job. And they hate me! Because they don’t think it’s real.

bitter classism

Monday’s first witness, David Bridges, had a particularly strong Australian accent and friendly demeanor. British lawyers couldn’t stop laughing at his accent. As an American, I think this is what would happen if someone with a thick West Virginia accent had to testify in New York City about the discredit of upstate courts. It was a sickening expression of elitism.

Bridges wore a smart suit, sat in a luxurious office, and had a long career as a banking executive with a penchant for fintech futurism. He wasn’t a country bartender or anything like that. Nonetheless, the Londoners made it very clear that his testimony was not to be taken seriously, despite the fact that he was only the fifth or sixth witness from a serious Australian technology or finance company with direct experience of working with Wright in the IT sector. There are proposals and systems for security, forensics, and future payment technologies that overall sound like Bitcoin in the era just before the launch of the Bitcoin system.

I always wondered what it would be like if Satoshi came back. As spring approaches, I think of Jesus of Nazareth. He was a poor boy born in a poor village with no business in Jerusalem. People cheered when he arrived, but by the end of the week they decided to kill him for challenging their class system and sensibilities. Why should we assume it will be different from Satoshi Nakamoto? He was born in the wrong place, arrived at the wrong time, said the wrong things, and challenged the wrong pillars of power.

In conclusion, there is a big clash of cultures in this case. Londoners can’t relate to people who don’t reflexively climb up dirty ladders in constant pursuit of more money and power. And Australians are much more humble, hardworking, but just as successful, and seem to genuinely want to make the world a better place. It’s pretty fateful that they happened to be in Craig Wright’s life at a time when he was trying to make the world a better place with electronic cash systems.

Check out all of CoinGeek’s special reports on the Satoshi trial (COPA v Wright).

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