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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

FOUND: Craig wright wins only nominal damages of 1 in bitcoin libel case | Mind Blowing Facts

Craig Wright – seen here arriving at a courthouse in Miami, Florida, last year – has long claimed to be the creator of bitcoin.
Craig Wright – seen here arriving at a courthouse in Miami, Florida, last year – has long claimed to be the creator of bitcoin. Photograph: Marta Lavandier/AP

For years Craig Wright has claimed that he is the mythical figure who created bitcoin. But a legal bid by the Australian computer scientist to defend his assertion that he is Satoshi Nakamoto resulted in a pyrrhic victory and a tarnished reputation on Monday.

A high court judge in London ruled Wright had given “deliberately false evidence” in a libel case and awarded him £1 in damages after he sued a blogger for alleging that his claim to be the elusive Nakamoto was fraudulent.

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