A British court has granted an appeal to craig wright to argue your case in a copyright lawsuit Bitcoin (BTC)according to a recent court file.
Wright, who claims to be the creator of Bitcoin since 2016, filed a lawsuit against 13 Bitcoin Core developers and several companies, including block flow, coin baseand Blockalleging violations of their copyrights on the Bitcoin white paper, its file format, and database rights on the Bitcoin blockchain.
This decision contrasted with a ruling handed down in February, which found that Wright’s arguments were insufficient to establish the initial recording of Bitcoin’s file format, a key requirement for copyright protection.
At the time, the UK Court dismissed Wright’s petition to block the operation of Bitcoin and its fork, Bitcoin Cash, due to intellectual property infringement.
“Claimants may consider themselves unfortunate that their application for permission to serve was brought before a judge with at least some knowledge of the technology involved here,” the February decision read, denying permission to appeal.
Wright claims that the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision blockchain he created from another Bitcoin fork is the actual blockchain behind the Bitcoin cryptocurrency.
However, whether Wright is really the elusive Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto will be determined in a trial scheduled to begin in January 2024.
Witnesses present evidence that Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto
In an earlier Oslo case, witnesses presented forensic evidence questioning the authenticity of documents provided by Wright to corroborate his claim as Nakamoto.
These documents contained discrepancies, such as sources that were not available at the time they were allegedly created.
The Defense Fund, the developers’ legal representative, argues that Wright has not provided any evidence to support his claim as Nakamoto.
They contend that Wright must establish his identity as Nakamoto before the courts can deliberate on the three main claims made in the lawsuit. The trial is expected to take place in early 2024.
It is important to note that the Bitcoin code is open source and freely distributed under the Massachusetts Institute of Technology license, which allows users to reuse the code for any purpose, including proprietary software.
Wright, on the other hand, maintains that the developers of Bitcoin Core form a centralized entity, called the “Bitcoin Association”, which controls the Bitcoin network.
Meanwhile, in another blow to Wright’s claim that he is the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, recent research has provided evidence suggesting that Nakamoto may actually be a collective entity.
One piece of evidence is the use of “we” and “I” in the Bitcoin white paper, indicating the possibility of a team operating under a singular pseudonym.
Other evidence comes from linguistic analysis of Nakamoto’s writings.
The white paper shows impeccable English with precise language and exact use of technical terms. But since Nakamoto’s writing style seems to be different in forums and email correspondences, this suggests that multiple people were involved.
A linguistic analysis of Nakamoto’s forum posts revealed different writing styles, further supporting the theory of a collective behind the pen name.
