The Guardian reports that Wright responded with this statement: “I intend to appeal the adverse findings of the judgment in which my evidence was clearly misunderstood. Wright has not tweeted any response as of this writing. He said he would have more people to thank once the case is officially closed. McCormack tweeted that he was also “very pleased” with the court’s findings, thanking his lawyers and the judge. McCormack's legal team told Ars that they're "very pleased with the findings that the judge has reached." Wright's legal team did not immediately respond to Ars' request for comment. The judge is still deliberating how much to award to cover the costs of both legal teams. For all that time in court, Wright was awarded just £1 yesterday, and The Guardian reports that he will walk away with an even more tarnished reputation.īecause Wright “advanced a deliberately false case and put forward deliberately false evidence until days before trial, he will recover only nominal damages,” wrote Justice Chamberlain.ĭespite the scant damages collected, the lawsuit could serve to silence more critics who don’t have the time and resources to go to court over their social media posts, which McCormack claimed in the disputed tweets was Wright’s actual motivation for suing. But he once again was found to have given false evidence for his claims, and a UK judge decided it would be “unconscionable” to award Wright anything but nominal damages for harm done to his reputation. He said he had academic papers accepted and then rejected, invitations to conferences revoked, and his chances of becoming a magistrate in Surrey spoiled. In the lawsuit, Wright claimed that McCormack’s tweets, as well as a YouTube video discussion, had done serious damage to Wright's reputation. But it also proved that, once again, Wright is not being forthcoming about evidence in his public fight to be acknowledged as bitcoin’s creator. The libel lawsuit, in the end, was a victory for Wright he was awarded damages for the "serious harm" McCormack caused to his reputation. This week, a verdict was delivered by a UK high court-where Justice Martin Chamberlain wrote that “the identity of Satoshi is not among the issues” determined.
In 2019, Wright sued McCormack for libel for tweeting things like “Craig Wright is a fucking liar, and he’s a fraud and he’s a moron he is not Satoshi.” Wright expected that a successful libel lawsuit against McCormack would finally prove he founded bitcoin.
Among Wright’s most vocal skeptics is bitcoin expert Peter McCormack, who became the first target of Wright's litigiousness. Then, in 2018, he committed perjury, further inflaming public perceptions that he could be a fraud.īy 2019, Wright began fighting back at critics by threatening to take them to court for defamation. Instead, he apologized for lacking the “courage” to share any real evidence. Some had doubts when Wright fabricated evidence, and many weren’t surprised when he failed to bring forward the supposed proof he promised.
In 2016, when Craig Wright promised to provide “extraordinary proof” that he is bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, he was met with a lot of skepticism.
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