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Bitcoin Websites Asked to Remove White Paper After Craig Wright Claims Copyright Infringement

DIGIT — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:00:43 +0000

During the last few days, the cryptocurrency community has been discussing the recent action taken by Craig Wright’s lawyers against web portals that host the original Bitcoin white paper. Recently letters were sent to a number of websites requesting the removal of the paper due to alleged copyright infringement. Bitcoin White Paper Copyright Allegations The […]

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Would Bitcoin suffer if the lead maintainers were kidnapped by aliens?

DIGIT — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:30:00 +0000

As lead maintainer Wladimir van der Laan takes a break from Bitcoin duties, we ask what would happen if the entire Github maintenance team disappeared.

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Semantic debate may account for Wladimir van der Laan’s Bitcoin Core departure

DIGIT — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:40:00 +0000

When determining consensus in the blockchain community, right and wrong isn’t always “Black” and “White”.

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

DIGIT — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:00:16 +0000

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 […]

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Another ‘Satoshi’ Steps Out of the Woodwork, Calls Craig Wright a Liar

DIGIT — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 04:50:28 +0000

On Feb. 8, the chief executive of Nchain, Craig Wright, wrote a blog post that purportedly described his experience of creating Bitcoin. Wright’s essay states “I was Satoshi” but throughout the story, he refuses to reveal his keys. It’s not the first time Wright has claimed to be Satoshi, but in the comment section of […]

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Bitcoin.org Removed from Bitcoin Core Website

DIGIT — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:19:01 +0000

About four days ago news.Bitcoin.com reported on a dispute concerning the removal of the owner of Bitcoin.org, an anonymous figure known as ‘Cobra.’ At the time a Github contributor opened an issue on the website’s repository, saying that Cobra had become untrustworthy for showing support towards the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. Then the CEO of […]

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