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Craig Wright suing developers to forcibly give him access to internet coins

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Re: Craig Wright suing developers to forcibly give him access to internet coins

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"Faketoshi" as he's known in the community always finds a new way to NOT be able to prove he has access to the early mined coins. It's honestly comical at this point the different bullshit he comes up with. My favorite so far was finding an existing signature on the blockchain from Satoshi, modifying the data, then publishing the signature with different data in an attempt to claim to be the creator of Bitcoin. Everyone called him out on his bullshit and a few months later he came up with a new scam, which is exactly what he'll do after this attempt fails.

Craig Wright will never sign a message with the original private keys or move the coins in a way that proves his involvement or ownership of the first mined coins. He is a fraud.

Re: Craig Wright suing developers to forcibly give him access to internet coins

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"They've all refused Wright's demands, though a firm called nChain Ltd is 'said to be working on a modification to the existing BSV client software, which would enable someone who owns but cannot access the BSV to regain control of them.'"

Note that Craig Wright is the Chief Science Officer of nChain[0].

It seems cryptocurrency enthusiasts love irreversible transactions until they have one of their own transactions they want reversed, although if you're high enough up the pyramid you can get yourself sorted, e.g. by rewriting the client software (as in this case) or by forking the blockchain (as per Butlerin and The DAO[1]).

[0] https://nchain.com/about/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DAO_(organization)

Re: Craig Wright suing developers to forcibly give him access to internet coins

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post #2

"Faketoshi" as he's known in the community always finds a new way to NOT be able to prove he has access to the early mined coins. It's honestly comical at this point the different bullshit he comes up with. My favorite so far was finding an existing signature on the blockchain from Satoshi, modifying the data, then publishing the signature with different data in an attempt to claim to be the creator of Bitcoin. Every…

I AM THE KING! Why does everyone keep ignoring me and my orders?

What is sad is that anyone is even talking about this guy. From the beginning people pointed out he is lying and yet he is still somehow able to be talk about.

Most obvious con-man that is still able to stay in public spotlight.

Re: Craig Wright suing developers to forcibly give him access to internet coins

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What are the theories about why the real Satoshi doesn't just move all the coin to another wallet himself to prove that Craig Wright is just a scammer?

They are dead. They lost unbackuped drives. They found god and abandoned technology all together. Abducted by aliens, or taken by time travellers.

Craig Wright is just a scammer, caught red handed lying so many times, why would you trouble yourself and your anonymity to prove water is wet?

Re: Craig Wright suing developers to forcibly give him access to internet coins

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post #4

"They've all refused Wright's demands, though a firm called nChain Ltd is 'said to be working on a modification to the existing BSV client software, which would enable someone who owns but cannot access the BSV to regain control of them.'" Note that Craig Wright is the Chief Science Officer of nChain[0]. It seems cryptocurrency enthusiasts love irreversible transactions until they have one of their own transactions t…

In this case though the problem isn't irreversible transactions, it is that Craig Wright does not and has never owned the coins he claims to have owned.

Re: Craig Wright suing developers to forcibly give him access to internet coins

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What are the theories about why the real Satoshi doesn't just move all the coin to another wallet himself to prove that Craig Wright is just a scammer?

Possibly that they're dead, such as with the Hal Finney as Satoshi theory. Otherwise they've could've lost the private keys, be in jail, became a hermit, or plenty of options like that. If Satoshi is multiple people, perhaps they can't agree on an action. Or maybe they could just like the chaos.
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