COPA claims there were notable forgeries in Craig Wright’s original Bitcoin documents.
On the second day of the Craig Wright v. COPA trial, the plaintiff alleged that Wright falsified the dates in his infamous “Nakamoto is the Japanese Adam Smith” document.
The document is pivotal to the case, as shown in a video Wright released in 2019 claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin. The date stamp on the document shows that it is from 2008, before the Bitcoin whitepaper was published.
Kopa highlighted The number ’08’ in the document date appears smaller than ’20’ and is not aligned properly, suggesting that the document may have been altered or forged. Wright acknowledged the visual discrepancies but maintained the document’s authenticity, saying it had been in his possession for a long time and could not remember its source.
Wright also noted that he does not personally control his Twitter account, which claimed the documents were authentic.
COPA hired an expert, Mr. Madden published his findings. Madden cited alignment issues and differences in the footer compared to what was typical in 2008, when Wright argued about the variability of database formats.
Wright rejected suggestions that COPA experts found the original documents, calling them part of an effort to discredit him. He also emphasized that if the document had been forged, it would have been handled perfectly, indicating that he would not make amateurish mistakes.
that much trial Additional testimony and cross-examination will continue. The lawsuit is expected to last several weeks, with both sides bracing for a lengthy legal battle.
The legal dispute originally began in 2016 when Australian computer scientist Dr. Craig Wright publicly claimed to be Nakamoto and claimed intellectual property rights related to Bitcoin. The Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) filed a lawsuit against Wright seeking a court declaration that the Bitcoin whitepaper is public domain material and that no individual can claim copyright to the whitepaper or the ‘Bitcoin’ name.
Major cryptocurrency stakeholders formed COPA to prevent patent attacks and ensure open access to the technology.