Key takeaways:
- Craig Wright was charged today with fabricating evidence to bolster his claim that he is Satoshi Nakamoto in the highly contentious COPA vs. Wright trial.
- These emails are crucial in supporting or refuting Wright’s long-standing claim that Satoshi Nakamoto is who he claims to be.
Craig Wright was charged today with fabricating evidence to bolster his claim that he is the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, in the highly contentious COPA vs. Wright trial.
Wright’s testimony in what is probably his last appearance was reported via the court’s live feed. The main topic of discussion during the day was purported emails exchanged between Wright and Ontier LLP, his previous law firm.
These emails are crucial in supporting or refuting Wright’s long-standing claim that Satoshi Nakamoto is who he claims to be.
COPA, represented by Mr. Hough, contended that on February 29, 2024, the day Wright submitted additional information, suspicious modifications were made to Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records for multiple domains under Wright’s control. The validity of the submitted materials is called into question by this date.
The email exchange between Wright and Ontier in December 2019 regarding MYOB accounting software was the target of COPA’s attack. Wright acknowledged that the exchange was accurate, but he insisted that portions of the email were missing.
Crucially, in February 2024, Wright’s wife forwarded a copy of this identical email exchange to his present legal representatives.
Given that the email was sent in 2019, COPA pointed out that the nChain logo in it had a timestamp of February 18, 2024, which made it chronologically impossible. Wright disagreed, speculatively claiming that Google falsifies email timestamps.
Under cross-examination, Wright was compelled to acknowledge—after first refusing—that the “Ramona email” his wife had sent was fake. Only after Ontier LLP’s inquiry and confirmation of the manipulated email did they make this acknowledgment.
During his testimony, Bitmex Research reporters recorded Wright saying the following:
“Hough: Is it your position that the spoofer, happened to do it on the same morning that your wife sent the real version, by coincidence?
CSW: Unfortuntely, yes.”
Tensions erupted during a recent court engagement when Hough questioned CSW on emails pertaining to MYOB. A genuine communication from Ontier to Shoosmiths was brought up by Hough, who pressed CSW about it; CSW responded that they were unaware of it.
Hough demanded clarification on whether the MYOB login email was genuine after CSW’s response sparked additional questioning. More uncertainty resulted from CSW’s insistence on looking through headers, which led Hough to question him regarding emails that Hough claimed to have received from CSW.
When the judge stepped in during the contentious conversation to get CSW to clarify its position, the email’s spoof status was categorically denied.
Bitmex Research attempted to emphasize Wright’s description of the findings by creating a visual. Wright alleges that Ontier got a spoof email on February 18, 2024, with what he believes to be accurate information on his MYOB login credentials. At the same time, he sent the same information to his wife via email, which he insists was a valid correspondence.
