The trial between Craig Wright and Bitcoin Core developers was rescheduled for February following the discovery of new evidence.
The legal battle over Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity and Bitcoin rights has taken another turn in recent days, with a British judge rescheduling the trial between Craig Wright and Bitcoin Core developers for Feb. 5.
In 2016, Wright claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin (BTC), and sued 13 Bitcoin Core developers and a group of companies, including Blockstream, Coinbase, and Block, alleging violations of his copyright to Bitcoin’s white paper, Bitcoin file format, and Bitcoin blockchain database. The group is represented in the case by the non-profit Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA).
On Dec. 15, during a pre-trial review, Justice Edward James Mellor allowed Wright to submit an additional 97 documents supporting his claim. The documents were allegedly found in two USB drives discovered in a drawer at his house in September, which included LaTex files — the open-source document preparation system used to draft the Bitcoin white paper.
