🧵 1/5 UK Supreme Court denies self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright appeal against podcaster Peter McCormack's libel claim. #crypto
🧵 1/5 UK Supreme Court denies self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright appeal against podcaster Peter McCormack's libel claim. #crypto
🧵 2/5 Craig Wright, who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, was awarded £1 in compensation in July. Supreme Court rejects his appeal twice.
🧵 3/5 Craig Wright's appeal denial pleases Peter McCormack's representative, who says the judgment stands with the nominal damages award.
🧵 4/5 Australian computer scientist Craig Wright asserts ownership of Bitcoin whitepaper copyright but has faced skepticism from crypto community.
🧵 5/5 Pseudonymous figures in the crypto community are common. Wright's request for legal fees also faced challenges and pseudonymous user loses appeal.
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