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Another Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Appears in the High Profile Bitcoin Lawsuit

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Another Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Appears in the High Profile Bitcoin Lawsuit

A new filing has been submitted to the ongoing Kleiman v. Wright case stemming from a man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. The man, named Debo Jurgen Etienne Guido, has sent handwritten testimony to the Southern District of Florida courthouse asserting that he is the “genuine and only originator/creator” of the genesis block that started the Bitcoin network in 2009.

Also Read: Many Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventors and Satoshi Clues Were Debunked in 2018

A Wild Satoshi Appears in the Kleiman v. Wright Lawsuit

The high profile billion-dollar bitcoin lawsuit continues this week as an interesting filing was submitted to the court on July 22. The lawsuit involves the family of the now-deceased David Kleiman and his multi-year business relationship with the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright. The Kleimans have accused Wright of manipulating David’s bitcoin inheritance and a vast amount of intellectual property. Florida court case Kleiman v. Wright (9:18-cv-80176) revolves around an alleged trust that purportedly holds 1 million BTC. However, on July 11, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the Kleiman estate’s witness, Dr. Matthew Edman, a cryptography expert who found a slew of discrepancies within Wright’s submitted evidence like document modification and other backdated materials. Following the testimony from Edman on Monday, July 22, another filing was submitted to the court which adds a new twist.

Another Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Appears in the High Profile Bitcoin Lawsuit
Debo Jurgen Etienne Guido claims he is Satoshi Nakamoto in a letter sent to the Florida courthouse. Debo also alleges that Craig Wright’s claims are bunk.

According to the filing, Debo Jurgen Etienne Guido, a man who resides in Belgium, has sent a written testimony to Judge Bruce Reinhart claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Debo’s handwritten letter contends that he was the inventor of the Bitcoin technology, the originator who initiated the genesis block, author of the whitepaper, and owner of the GMX.com email handle. The letter states:

I hereby testify, by written letter — I am the genuine and only originator/creator of the genesis block of the Bitcoin blockchain. I used the handle Satoshi Nakamoto and mail [email protected] to write and publish the whitepaper.

Another Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Appears in the High Profile Bitcoin Lawsuit
The handwritten letter sent to the courthouse and filed on July 22.

PGP Key 0x18C09E865EC948A1 Trust Signed by an Inner Circle and Distributed With Early Versions of Bitcoin

Debo also states that he generated the PGP key 0x18C09E865EC948A1 and he claims the key was trust signed by an inner circle of people. The self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor has been telling the public he is Satoshi for quite some time now. Debo has used a Twitter account called @realsatoshin since 2015. For instance, before Debo’s letter was filed in court on July 4, 2019, he tweeted that his PGP key was trust signed by Hal Finney, Gavin Andresen, Peter Todd, and Wladimir van der Laan. Following Debo’s statements on Twitter, Bitcoin Core developer Wladimir van der Laan joined in on Debo’s Twitter thread and spoke about the key.

“There are no known messages signed by that key, but it was distributed along with early Bitcoin, so it could be Satoshi’s real key, but mind the uncertainty,” Wladimir van der Laan said responding to Debo’s key statements. “My signing it was a mistake about how GPG web of trust is supposed to work at the time, and I revoked it later,” BTC’s lead maintainer detailed.

Another Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Appears in the High Profile Bitcoin Lawsuit
The 0x18C09E865EC948A1 key was revoked on May 2, 2016, the same day that Gavin Andresen told the community that he witnessed proof from Craig Wright in London. Core developers revoked Andresen’s commit access to the Bitcoin Core (BTC) project as well.

Searching the PGP key database on the MIT servers shows that Debo’s key was tethered to the email address [email protected] and other emails with the Satoshi name in them. There are two specific dates that are associated with the key, which include Oct. 30, 2008, and Jan. 3, 2009. Those two dates represent the day before the whitepaper was published online on Halloween 2008, and the birth of the genesis block on Jan. 3. Like Wladimir van der Laan said in his tweet, the MIT server shows he did revoke the 0x18C09E865EC948A1 key on May 2, 2016, as the key was coincidently revoked the same day Gavin Andresen was removed as a Core maintainer.

Contacting Kleiman’s Lawyer and Debo’s Opposition to Sign With the Genesis Block

Debo’s letter to the Florida courthouse and Judge Reinhart emphasizes that he never had any contact with David Kleiman. The letter also insists that Craig Wright “has no single private key of my known PGP key on the genesis block.” “The man has no clue how the genesis block is composed as he did not mine the blocks assigned to the so-called whale wallet,” Debo’s letter asserts.

Another Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Appears in the High Profile Bitcoin Lawsuit
An alleged private conversation on Twitter between Debo and Kleiman attorney Vel Freedman.

Before the letter was sent to the courthouse Debo showed everyone on Twitter that he was sending the letter and he also showed that he was sending private messages to the Kleiman attorney Vel Freedman. “I have a strong feeling Mr. Kleiman is set up in a ‘Nigerian scam’ and I would like you to talk in full honesty with your client — to confirm they really are sure,” Debo wrote to the lawyer. The private message added:

Confirm that [Kleiman] really did talk with the real Satoshi Nakamoto — There were two Vistomail [email] accounts in place: Satoshin and Satoshi — Be aware of that. I used [email protected] Using the Patriot Act I suggest you ask for a full backup in Germany and you will notice the communication with Harold Finney is signed, sometimes encrypted with my known PGP key or subkey I do own — There is no way that Craig Wright has access to my private PGP key.

In another private message screenshot with Freedman, the attorney responds to Debo’s messages. “Mr. Debo, if you would sign a message with the genesis block to me, it would really assist my case.” Debo’s response to Freedman’s request indicated that the Belgium native is not willing to show his so-called proof until he is ready. Debo explained that when he signs the genesis block, he will then have to prepare to move to a safe place, which is something he’s not ready to do. He asked the lawyer why Freedman is asking him to sign, when he should be asking Craig Wright. “He should and could explain how he composed the genesis block — he could sign with my PGP key 0x18C09E865EC948A1 — [Ask Wright] why he created fake RSA keys not signed by Gavin, Wladimir, Pete Todd, and Hal Finney and uploaded [the keys] to the MIT PGP servers with forged dates.”

The Belgian Notary Office Registration and Debo’s Plans for the ‘Whale Wallet’

Then there’s the Quora website where Debo goes into great detail regarding his story and he explained that he registered the Bitcoin.pdf (whitepaper) before the date of publication on the internet at a Belgian Notary office. “This has legal consequences to prove authorship and copyright, since copyright is granted at creation, not at registration — But registration can be useful to prove the date of creation,” Debo claimed on June 13, 2019. There isn’t much information on the web concerning the Bitcoin.pdf registration in Belgium but Debo does have an invention (1011874A6) registered in 1998 for a scanner that digitizes the human fingerprint. On the Quora webpage, Debo declared:

I am the only man in the world who knows how the genesis block is made and composed — So far much speculation surrounds my identity. In fact, my identity is not that important because the project is decentralized and open source. Dorian Nakamoto was a victim of speculation but was quickly denied after I posted a message, “I am not Dorian…” Later on, Dr. Craig Wright did try (and still does) to impersonate me but the man has no single private key, and no access to my whale wallet.

Another Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Appears in the High Profile Bitcoin Lawsuit
This filed patent seems to be a digitized fingerprint scanner registered in Belgium by Debo Jurgen Etienne Guido between 1998-2000.

Debo went on to claim that he mined with Hal Finney the very first blocks in production and kept insisting that he owns a “whale wallet that is considerably large.” He said there is a purpose for the whale wallet and promised it would not affect the project itself and the markets. Debo assured that 93% of the [whale wallet’s] resources will be used for “innovation and improvement in general of humankind.” The whale wallet likely refers to the theory cryptocurrency enthusiasts held over the years, which assumes Satoshi Nakamoto mined – 700,000 to 1 million BTC. According to Debo, he plans to only keep about 7% of those funds for his own benefit. Debo also detailed that because he lived in Belgium, it is why he chose to use the German email service GMX at that time. He claimed that in Belgium he was also taught in school to write using a double space after periods and because he spent five years in the army he often wrote in plural form.

There’s no data stemming from the Florida court that shows whether Debo’s letter will be used against Wright, but it was filed with the court on Monday. Debo’s story is hard to believe for a variety of reasons. One of them is the fact that he’s been very open about his alleged involvement with the creation of Bitcoin for a while now. He tweets often about cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin-related headlines, while using an awful lot of hashtags per tweet. Debo’s current writing and English skills are not similar to Satoshi’s style shown in many letters and emails the creator wrote in the early days. Beside the PGP key, which doesn’t show much conclusive evidence, Debo’s story lacks a lot of proof and resembles the “Bitcoin Origins” story told by Phil Wilson, otherwise known as “Scronty.” Still, the July 22 filing indicates that the Florida court and the judges presiding over the Kleiman v. Wright case seem to believe the letter should be filed for a reason that’s currently unknown.

What do you think about the latest revelations with the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit in Florida? Why do you think Debo would send a letter to the court claiming to be Satoshi? Do you think Debo’s story will have any effect on this lawsuit? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

Image credits: Shutterstock, Bitcoin.com, Belgium Patent Office, Twitter, Kleiman v. Wright (9:18-cv-80176), and the MIT PGP server.

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Expert Witness in Satoshi Case Claims Dr Wright’s Documents Were Doctored

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Kleiman's Expert Witness Claims So-Called 'Bitcoin Inventor's' Documents Were Doctored

The Kleiman v. Wright case continues this week and a slew of new evidence has been submitted to the Southern District of Florida courthouse. A supplemental affidavit stemming from the Kleiman estate’s expert witness, Dr. Matthew Edman, indicates that documents submitted to the court as evidence were “modified” and “backdated.”

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Plaintiff’s Analysis of Documents Shows David Kleiman’s PGP Signature Was Created Almost a Year After He Died

A transcript of an affidavit was recently submitted to the Kleiman v. Wright (9:18-cv-80176) court case, which shows that an expert witness found many flaws within certain documents filed in the case. The billion-dollar bitcoin lawsuit is one of the most high profile court cases in the U.S. because it involves 1 million BTC and self-proclaimed ‘Bitcoin inventor’ Craig Wright. Since December 2015, the crypto community has endured Wright’s repeated claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. However, nearly every claim and every so-called proof Wright has provided has been debunked by researchers, cryptographers, and the greater crypto community. Many of the refutations against Wright’s story accuse him of providing backdated documents and proofs that have been modified at a later date. From the very beginning of Wright’s entrance into the community, his story has been suspected of being a falsified tale or hoax. On December 9, 2015, Vice reporter Sarah Jeong detailed that the “PGP keys referenced in stories naming Craig Wright as the creator of Bitcoin were probably falsely backdated.”

Expert Witness in Satoshi Case Claims Dr Wright's Documents Were Doctored
The set of keys that were reportedly “backdated and point to a hoax” according to Vice reporter Sarah Jeong, Motherboard staff writer Jordan Pearson, and Bitcoin Core developer Greg Maxwell.

Fast forward to today and Craig Wright is being sued by Ira Kleiman, the brother of the now deceased David Kleiman, for allegedly interfering with David’s bitcoin assets and intellectual property after he died. The first filing shows the value of the assets the Kleiman family thinks David was screwed out of is around $5.1 billion before punitive or treble damages. This week, an affidavit was submitted to the court that shows the testimony of the Kleiman estate’s witness, Dr. Matthew Edman, a cryptography expert.

According to Edman’s resume submitted to the court, he has a deep knowledge of digital forensics, applied cryptography, Shamir’s Secret Sharing Scheme, and cryptocurrencies. Edman’s testimony examines an email that was submitted to the court as “Exhibit A.” Edman declares under penalty of perjury that he believes Exhibit A was likely created from an email Wright sent to himself on or about April 16, 2014. The document was then “converted to a PDF and modified to appear to have been sent from ‘Dave Kleiman’ to Uyen Nguyen on or about December 20, 2012.” The expert’s testimony further states:

I also determined that Exhibit A contained a PGP signature allegedly created by Dave Kleiman on or about March 12, 2014 – almost a year after he died.

Expert Witness in Satoshi Case Claims Dr Wright's Documents Were Doctored

A Trend of Modifications

Edman states that he analyzed Exhibit A previously and further analysis and forensic artifacts contained within the PDF itself bolster his opinion. The digital forensics expert said that he also examined “Exhibit F” and concluded that the document was “created by further modifying Exhibit A to make it appear as if Exhibit F is actually a separate email sent from Dave Kleiman to Uyen Nguyen.” “In my opinion, it is simply another revision to the PDF created from an email the defendant sent to himself on or about April 16, 2014,” Edman emphasized in his testimony. The witness’s affidavit declares that both Exhibit A and Exhibit F appear to be emails sent from David to Uyen Nguyen back in 2012, but “manipulations of a PDF created from an email” indicate that Wright sent it to himself in the spring of 2014. Edman noted that he understands that Exhibit A was withdrawn from the court because Wright could not “verify the date of that email exchange,” but to his knowledge Exhibit F was not withdrawn.

Expert Witness in Satoshi Case Claims Dr Wright's Documents Were Doctored

Edman goes on to explain that the metadata tied to the first exhibit’s PDF shows that it was created on or about April 17, 2014. The creator used the Acrobat PDF Maker 11 for Microsoft Outlook and Edman highlights that the computer’s time zone was consistent with Sydney, Australia (UTC+10) and then modified again five minutes later. Further analysis of the internal contents and structure of the document identified specific portions of the PDF were edited and revised. He further determined that Exhibit F was also comprised of modifications to the date field and revisions to the body of the document as well. Speaking on Exhibit A’s analysis Kleiman’s expert witness explained:

I identified a “TouchUp_TextEdit” marked-content point in the PDF file associated with Exhibit A which indicated that the text associated with the “From:”, “To:”, and “Date:” fields at the top of Exhibit A were edited.

Expert Witness in Satoshi Case Claims Dr Wright's Documents Were Doctored

The crypto community has not been kind about the latest documents and Edman’s affidavit has been shared widely across social media mocking Wright. The attorney Stephen Palley who often comments on cryptocurrency related lawsuits stated “you can’t really attack [Edman’s] credentials and the analysis looks sound.” “You have to show an alternative explanation — they should settle,” Palley added. The public will still hear from Wright’s expert witnesses which include Brett Roberson, Kevin Madura, and Nchain’s CTO Steve Shadders.

Expert Witness in Satoshi Case Claims Dr Wright's Documents Were Doctored

In addition to the court case drama last week, news.Bitcoin.com reported that Martti Malmi said on Twitter that he might take action against Wright for accusing him of starting the “Silk Road, Hydra and a number of other darker websites.” “Taking a closer look to the transcript, Craig Wright is accusing me and Theymos of soliciting drug trade, assassinations, terrorism and child porn — That is too much to be ignored,” Malmi told the public. Following the accusations against Malmi, the owner of Bitcointalk.org, Theymos, also refuted Wright’s court claims against him stemming from the June 28 transcript. “I was made a forum admin in 2011 after Satoshi left,” Theymos insisted.

“I never had any interaction with CSW — CSW’s whole shtick is to just lie constantly,” the forum moderator conceded. “He’s so brazen about it that some people think, ‘there must be some truth there,’ but really it’s 100% nonsense.”

What do you think about the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit involving billions of dollars worth of bitcoin? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

Image credits: Shutterstock, Courtlistener, Twitter, Florida Case Kleiman v. Wright (9:18-cv-80176), Vice, and Pixabay.

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Experts Dissect Craig Wright’s ‘Satoshi’ Testimony and Court Documents

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Experts Dissect Craig Wright's So-Called 'Satoshi' Testimony and Court Documents

Last week, Craig Wright, the man who claims he’s Satoshi Nakamoto, appeared in court and testified why he did not have access to his public bitcoin addresses and trust information. Since then a lot of new evidence has been submitted to the court and members of the crypto community have dissected Wright’s recent testimony and the newly filed documentation.

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The $5 Billion Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit Continues to Unfold

For years now, Australian native Craig Wright has told the public that he invented Bitcoin and tried to submit evidence to prove that he is who he says he is. However, a great number of cryptography experts and well known bitcoiners have discredited nearly all of his claims to the point where individuals have called him a fraud. The Kleiman v. Wright case involves the now deceased Florida computer forensics expert Dave Kleiman.

Experts Dissect Craig Wright's 'Satoshi' Testimony and Court Documents

The reason David is involved is because much of the evidence provided to the court involves Kleiman and Wright’s multi-year business relationship. After David passed away, allegedly Wright reached out to the family and explained to them that he and David were involved with the creation of Bitcoin and how they both mined large amounts of bitcoin during the early years. Now, Ira Kleiman, on behalf of David’s estate, is accusing Wright of interfering with David’s bitcoin assets and intellectual property after he died. The Kleiman estate’s complaint reads:

This matter concerns the rightful ownership of hundreds of thousands of bitcoins and the valuable intellectual property rights of various blockchain technologies. As of the date of filing, the value of these assets far exceed $5,118,266,427.50 USD (before punitive or treble damages).

The court case started in February 2018 and involves billions of dollars worth of BTC that allegedly exist in a blind trust called the “Tulip Trust.” Kleiman’s litigation team have asked Wright to produce bitcoin addresses and trust information, but so far the plaintiff’s counsel say he has failed to comply. The hearing on June 28 was held to understand why Wright and his attorneys believe he should not be held in contempt for failing to produce what the court has ordered him to procure.

Experts Dissect Craig Wright's 'Satoshi' Testimony and Court Documents

When Wright was asked why he hasn’t provided a list of the public addresses to the plaintiffs, he explained that “there are no public addresses in the Bitcoin system.” Wright insisted to the court that public addresses “don’t exist” and claimed there are no public addresses at all in Bitcoin. “Bitcoin was derived such that a key would only be used once — And if you look at the section in the whitepaper, later on, it states that as an additional firewall, keys should not be reused,” Wright responded.

Accusations Aimed at the Creator of Bitcoin.org

When Wright was asked if he was familiar with the Bitcoin system, he said that he was familiar with the system he created and he claims to have “used the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto” during this time. Again, Wright was then asked whether he could provide the public addresses at the hearing. “If I could, I would have not given the first 70 addresses — I would have given every other address,” Wright responded further. “The first 70 addresses associate me as Satoshi — I did not want to be associated with Satoshi.” Wright was then asked to explain why he stopped acting as the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto and he claimed that it all started after the creation of Bitcoin.org. Wright then went on to accuse Martti Malmi and Theymos of starting the “Silk Road, Hydra and a number of other darker websites” along with Ross Ulbricht. Wright’s testimony stated that these websites and forums were created to foster drug sales, weapons, child pornography, and assassination markets.

After reading the transcript, early Bitcoin developer Martti Malmi went on record and said Wright’s claims were “obviously made up accusations.” During the tweet thread, at first Malmi said he was leaning toward not responding back with a libel and defamation lawsuit. It seems Malmi hasn’t made up his mind, however, and from further comments, he may retaliate against these accusations.

“Then again, would be good to see justice served and him not getting away with outright slander,” Malmi explained. The former Bitcoin developer stated:

Taking a closer look to the transcript, Craig Wright is accusing me and Theymos of soliciting drug trade, assassinations, terrorism and child porn — That is too much to be ignored. I want to thank everyone for the support I’ve received and I’ve already got some suggestions about where to start, but recommendations for good lawyers, etc. are welcome.

Wizsec Dissects Wright’s Testimony and Alleged Forgeries

After Wright’s transcript was published, Bitcoin security specialists Wizsec analyzed his testimony and found many flaws. Wizsec discussed how Kleiman’s lawyer had focused on an email produced by Wright in discovery that allegedly is a forgery. The email is a PDF that was purportedly sent by David Kleiman on June 24, 2011. Kleiman’s lawyer presented the PDF and explained that even though it says it was created in July 2011, the software used to write the metadata in the document stems from software that had not launched until the summer of 2012.

Experts Dissect Craig Wright's 'Satoshi' Testimony and Court Documents
Submitted evidence in the Kleiman v. Wright docket.

Moreover, Wizsec’s analysis says that the PDF document at the very least must have been modified somehow at some point. “Indeed the PDF metadata lists a modification date of October 22, 2014, which Wright himself identifies — Wright denies modifying the PDF at that time,” Wizsec writes. Kleiman’s lawyer noted that the PDF contained a string of code that further suggested the document was modified at some point. Then Wright claimed the Kleiman counsel submitted a forgery and tossed the document in the air and the judge gave him a warning.

“All the evidence presented by the plaintiff raise significant doubts as to the authenticity of this supposed email from Dave Kleiman,” Wizsec’s research notes. “No legitimate document should show this many signs of manipulation, and even if Wright denies that he forged anything, all of this is hurting the credibility of any other documents Wright’s side has submitted, if not Wright’s own credibility.”

Following the email discussion, Kleiman’s lawyer then discussed a PDF called the deed of trust. According to the transcript, the plaintiff’s forensics expert extracted metadata from the PDF which shows it was embedded with the Calibri font created in 2015. But Wright and even some of his dedicated followers believe that the Calibri font got an update and any PDF would pick up the new font after the fact.

Experts Dissect Craig Wright's 'Satoshi' Testimony and Court Documents

Indeed, many of Wright’s fans have dismissed all of the claims against him and even Wright himself is attempting to sue certain people for calling him a fraud. One Wright supporter on Twitter has been tracking all of the negative comments against Wright on the social media platform. “If you’re spreading lies on Twitter, you better hope your opsec is the best and you have lawyers on retainer,” the user warned. Meanwhile, there are many bitcoiners assessing the court drama and have rebuked all of Wright’s documents and claims of being Satoshi. Adding more insult to injury, this week an unidentified person bought the domain name Loser.com allegedly for $21,000 and the website now directs to Craig Steven Wright’s Wikipedia page.

The Court’s Verdict Could Come Soon

During the hearing, Kleiman’s attorney continued to ask Wright about a slew of documents that were seemingly modified at a later date, an email that Wright allegedly sent to himself, and a bunch of other document discrepancies. In addition to Wizsec’s examination, Daniel Kelman, an attorney who often discusses cryptocurrency cases, also wrote an extremely detailed post about Wright’s latest testimony. Kelman said that Wright fully understands how to produce public addresses and the court order was very clear. However, in his opinion Wright failed to produce the addresses and comply with the order and did so “willfully,” Kelman emphasized. The attorney at law said there will be a second hearing later this summer and he expects the other witnesses to be heard and more discussions in regard to certain technical exhibits.

Experts Dissect Craig Wright's 'Satoshi' Testimony and Court Documents
Submitted evidence in the Kleiman v. Wright docket.

“After this hearing, the court will issue its verdict — As discussed previously, this could result in fines or a six-month incarceration for Wright,” Kelman wrote. “The court can issue a default judgment to Kleiman or can issue the lesser remedy of preventing Wright from contesting these matters, which would all but hand the case to Kleiman.” The lawyer continued:

Based on Wright’s performance at the June 28 hearing and the court has already established grounds for contempt against him, I don’t see this going in Wright’s favor.

The Kleiman v Wright case could end soon, but the court still needs to hear from Wright’s expert witnesses including Brett Roberson, Kevin Madura, and Nchain developer Steve Shadders. The date for this proceeding has not been chosen yet, but reportedly both parties must appear in court before Judge Beth Bloom on July 10. So far there’s been a lot of evidence against Wright’s claims and documents submitted to the court as well as the crypto community’s continued grievances against him.

Wizsec and others have discredited Wright’s technical explanations many times in the past and continue to believe he has lied many times and obfuscated his story by using “technobabble.” “Word salad is not meant to help a less technical audience understand, but to keep it from understanding or questioning,” Wizsec’s analysis detailed. The paper concludes:

This is a basic scammer’s trick; the “con” in con artist stands for confidence, after all — Keeping an open mind is nice and all, but that requires active critical thinking and that you do your own research properly so you don’t get taken advantage of. If someone has been caught lying 999 times, you’re not obligated to keep an open mind for number one thousand.

What do you think about the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit involving billions of dollars worth of bitcoin? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

Feel like you missed something? Check out our full coverage of the Kleiman v. Wright case here:

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  • Craig Wright Shrugs Off Plagiarism Accusations
  • Judge Denies Craig Wright’s Motion to Dismiss Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit
  • Jeff Garzik Subpoenaed in Kleiman Bitcoin Lawsuit Against Craig Wright
  • Kleiman Estate Says Satoshi Reveal ‘Is Relevant’ in Billion Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit
  • Uyen T Nguyen: The Powerful Young Woman Behind the Alleged ‘Satoshi Affair’
  • Self-Styled Satoshi Accused of PGP Forgery in Kleiman vs Wright Lawsuit
  • Craig Wright Ordered to Produce a List of Early Bitcoin Addresses in Kleiman Lawsuit
  • Blockchain Researchers Mock Craig Wright’s Unsealed Bitcoin Address List
  • The Blind Trust Described in the Kleiman vs. Wright Lawsuit Is a Real Head-Scratcher
  • Judge Orders Craig Wright to Appear in Florida Lawsuit
  • Kleiman Attorney: ‘Craig Wright Hasn’t Complied With the Order to List His Bitcoin’
  • Craig Wright Intends to Call Three Expert Witnesses to His Evidentiary Hearing
  • Bitcoin ‘Inventor’ Craig Wright Claims He Can’t Access Coins in Court Testimony

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Bitcoin ‘Inventor’ Craig Wright Claims He Can’t Access Coins in Court Testimony

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Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin 'Inventor' Claims He Can't Access Coins in Court Testimony

On June 28, Craig Wright, the Australian native who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, spent the day in a Florida court battling with the Kleiman attorney. Wright became emotional when he told the court that he designed the network but didn’t like how it turned out. At one point he told the court he was “ashamed of his invention.”

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The Alleged Blind Trust Setup Makes It Difficult for Wright to Access Certain Keys

Craig Wright testified in court on Friday that he was the one who invented Bitcoin and wrote the whitepaper. In the Florida lawsuit, Craig Wright is accused of interfering with the now deceased David Kleiman’s bitcoin assets and intellectual property. The Kleiman estate doesn’t seem to know if Wright and David invented Bitcoin, but the plaintiffs believe they both were involved in early mining. Wright has been claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto for years and more recently he’s been far more brazen about it. So far, however, Wright has failed to prove he’s Satoshi to the greater Bitcoin community. A number of crypto supporters have called him a fraud and he’s become a very controversial character throughout crypto-related social media. According to court reporters on Friday, Wright was asked why he’s been unable to produce a list of public addresses to his bitcoin holdings.

Bitcoin 'Inventor' Craig Wright Claims He Can't Access Coins in Court Testimony
Wright told the court that the keys to the Tulip Trust were encrypted and inaccessible to him. Wright’s counsel detailed in a prior hearing: “The private key needed to access the encrypted file with the data necessary to retrieve information about bitcoin Dr. Wright mined after block 70 has been split into multiple key shares (in lay terms, multiple parts) through a version of “Shamir’s Secret Sharing Algorithm.”

Wright told the court he was unable to access this information because the keys to his blind trust (Tulip Trust) were held by various people. The trust has at least 15 different key “slices” according to Wright and eight of them in total are needed to access the funds. Wright detailed that David had some keys and he told Kleiman to give them to bonded couriers. At a later date, the couriers would give the keys back to the rightful owners. He told Judge Bruce Reinhart that some of the keys would not be made available until 2020.

“So since 2016, you have known that you didn’t have access to these files and wouldn’t have access until 2020?” Reinhart asked. “And you knew that in February 2019 and in March 2019?”

The plaintiffs’ attorney, Vel Freedman, asked Wright why a company he didn’t buy until 2014 was listed as a beneficiary of a trust Wright claimed to have created in 2012. Wright stated that he didn’t recognize the documents in front of him and witnesses explained that Wright did not recall a lot of specific documents. However, during almost every document question, Wright stated that he didn’t recognize the filing and the Kleimans’ counsel reminded him they were “documents you produced in discovery.” When the plaintiffs asked who holds the 15 key slices, Wright replied that he had some but he didn’t know the rest of the beneficiaries off the top of his head. Wright said he wished that he could comply by producing the list and stated: “If there was any way at all that I could, then I would.”

“My wife and I consider it’s too much money,” Wright said when referring to the Tulip Trust. “I’ve got enough now … and we worry what that amount of money would do to the kids.”

Bitcoin 'Inventor' Craig Wright Claims He Can't Access Coins in Court Testimony
“I created Bitcoin to be the first digital cash system not connected to crime. The Silk Road was made for the sale of heroin, MDMA, Fentanyl, weapons, then a reputation system was developed for assassination markets and for terrorism,” Wright told the court according to a thread stemming from the Twitter account @PJM.

Wright Assumed Bitcoin Wouldn’t be Used for Crime

Wright also choked up on the stand and told the court he invented Bitcoin for the millions of unbanked global citizens but not for criminal activity. Wright insisted that things like the Silk Road, Hydra, and trading illicit goods made him “ashamed” of his invention. When Wright was cross-examined he told the court he was Satoshi and that he wrote the original whitepaper. Oddly, Wright declared he left the scene and stopped mining bitcoins in 2010 because of things like the Silk Road. However, the infamous darknet marketplace did not launch until February 2011. “I brought in Dave because he was a friend and he knew who I was and he was a forensic expert, and I wanted to wipe everything I had to do with Bitcoin from the public record,” Wright argued. He added that the Tulip Trust money would be used to help educate and fund charity, adding:

I set up bitcoin to be honest money — I set up bitcoin to fix the problems of every other digital cash that had been. Every single other one had fallen to crime. I thought I would set up the world’s first digital cash that would not fall to crime.

Court Room Emotions Run High

Wright claimed he almost destroyed all of his early bitcoins and Kleiman persuaded him to keep the coins. Looking back now Wright says he would have destroyed the hard drive with a hammer if he could turn back time. The self-styled Satoshi was asked about the forged email sent on December 20, 2012, which appoints Uyen Nguyen as director of the company Kleiman and Wright operated called W&K Info Defense Research.

Wright opposed the accusation and told the court that the Kleiman estate was misleading the court by bringing doctored documents. He claims that the email came from a compromised server and a person trying to blackmail him. “You want me to comment on a file from a server run by a person who was trying to force me into liquidation so they could sell my intellectual property?” Wright asked the court. Court reporters and attendees said Wright became emotional at this point and threw the alleged forgery document up in the air.

“You throw another document in my courtroom, you will be in handcuffs so fast your head will spin,” Judge Reinhart warned Wright.

The Kleiman estate believes that Wright forged the document in order to gain access to David’s bitcoin inheritance and vast amounts of intellectual property. Wright believes the entire case is a witch hunt and that the Kleiman family is motivated by pure greed. “I do not manipulate metadata on things for any purpose,” Wright insisted. He declared that Ira tried to access David’s funds but couldn’t access the bitcoins. The expert witnesses from the defense side and the plaintiffs did not get a chance to testify in court and the date for the proceeding has not been set. Both parties now have to appear in court before Judge Beth Bloom on July 10.

What do you think about the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit involving billions of dollars worth of bitcoin? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

Feel like you missed something? Check out our full coverage of the Kleiman v. Wright case here:

  • Craig “Satoshi” Wright Sued for Billions
  • Craig Wright Shrugs Off Plagiarism Accusations
  • Judge Denies Craig Wright’s Motion to Dismiss Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit
  • Jeff Garzik Subpoenaed in Kleiman Bitcoin Lawsuit Against Craig Wright
  • Kleiman Estate Says Satoshi Reveal ‘Is Relevant’ in Billion Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit
  • Uyen T Nguyen: The Powerful Young Woman Behind the Alleged ‘Satoshi Affair’
  • Self-Styled Satoshi Accused of PGP Forgery in Kleiman vs Wright Lawsuit
  • Craig Wright Ordered to Produce a List of Early Bitcoin Addresses in Kleiman Lawsuit
  • Blockchain Researchers Mock Craig Wright’s Unsealed Bitcoin Address List
  • The Blind Trust Described in the Kleiman vs. Wright Lawsuit Is a Real Head-Scratcher
  • Judge Orders Craig Wright to Appear in Florida Lawsuit
  • Kleiman Attorney: ‘Craig Wright Hasn’t Complied With the Order to List His Bitcoin’
  • Craig Wright Intends to Call Three Expert Witnesses to His Evidentiary Hearing

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Craig Wright Intends to Call Three Expert Witnesses to His Evidentiary Hearing

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Craig Wright Intends to Call Three Expert Witnesses to His Evidentiary Hearing

The man who claims to have invented Bitcoin, Craig Wright, will be appearing in court on Friday, June 28 in West Palm Beach, Florida for an evidentiary hearing. According to recently filed documents in the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit, the defense has provided notice that Wright intends to call three witnesses during the hearing. In addition to Wright’s notice, the Kleiman estate has stated the plaintiffs will be calling a witness as well.

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Craig Wright Plans to Invite Three Witnesses to Court

Craig Wright must appear in Florida court on Friday and he plans to invite three witnesses to the stand. According to case 18-CV-80176 Kleiman v. Wright filed in South Florida, Craig Wright is accused of interfering with the now deceased David Kleiman’s bitcoin assets and intellectual property. A recently filed Document 228 explains that Wright plans to call on witnesses at the evidentiary hearing held at the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building in West Palm Beach. Wright’s legal team will invite a man named Brett Roberson to “testify as an expert witness regarding digital forensics and PGP signatures.” In addition to Roberson, the defense will call Kevin Madura who will testify as an expert in regard to “cryptography, cryptocurrencies, and the blockchain.” Wright will also be calling on his coworker, Steve Shadders, the chief technology officer at Nchain. Document 228 doesn’t explain what the three witnesses will discuss, but it does highlight that Wright will be testifying as a fact witness. Even with several witnesses, Wright could easily be cross-examined as well.

Craig Wright Intends to Call Three Expert Witnesses to His Evidentiary Hearing
Wright is accused of interfering with the now deceased David Kleiman’s bitcoin assets and intellectual property.

The recent addition of witnesses follows the Kleiman attorney’s statements last week, which said Wright hadn’t “complied with the order to list his bitcoin.” Stephen Palley, a lawyer who comments frequently on cryptocurrency cases, explained on Twitter that calling witnesses is a puzzling move. “Calling witnesses at a contempt hearing to explain why you didn’t comply with an order you were already ordered to comply with instead of providing their testimony to object to what you were previously ordered to do — Is 5-dimensional chess only if the 5th dimension is really dumb.” Palley stated:

If you know how to do a cross-examination you don’t mind an argumentative witness and can use it to your advantage — But some witnesses can’t be dissuaded and are schooled only when they take the stand.

Craig Wright Intends to Call Three Expert Witnesses to His Evidentiary Hearing

Kleiman Estate Plans to Provide an Expert Witness and Electronic Equipment

It’s likely Wright and his experts will discuss the alleged Tulip Trust(s) which he cannot provide certain information about because of Shamir’s Secret Sharing Algorithm. However, the plaintiffs will be providing an expert as well to the show-cause hearing and have invited Dr. Matthew J. Edman to testify. Edman will testify on subjects like “applied cryptography, Shamir’s Secret Sharing Scheme, digital forensics, and cryptocurrencies.” Moreover, he will testify on the documents Wright submitted in connection with the lawsuit. According to the Kleiman estate, Edman has previous court experience discussing similar subjects.

Craig Wright Intends to Call Three Expert Witnesses to His Evidentiary Hearing

Wright’s coworker from Nchain, Steve Shadders, has previously told the media that he’s been in the crypto space since 2011 and met Wright in 2017. A few months ago, Calvin Ayre, one of Wright’s backers, called Shadders the “new star of Bitcoin SV as he drives the Dev team.” Shadders also wrote a blog post called “On the Satoshiness of Dr. Craig S Wright,” detailing his time working with Wright. “I have seen so much evidence that #craigissatoshi that it is a no brainer to me — It is not something I believe it is something I know as an iron-clad and indisputable fact.”

The evidentiary hearing at 9 a.m. EST could bring more of this mystery to the light of day but Wright could also be found in contempt of court and could be fined if a contempt charge materializes. He could also lose the lawsuit by violating the discovery order. The Kleiman estate not only requested to bring an expert witness to testify but they also plan to bring electronic equipment to Friday’s hearing. The Judge granted a court reporter from Magna Legal Services as well as one video camera, one laptop computer, one keyboard, one cellular phone, and four tablets for the Livenote platform.

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